Tell our leaders they’re not done yet

Feature story - December 21, 2009
Last week world leaders let us down at the Copenhagen climate summit. Instead of delivering a fair, ambitious and legally binding treaty that would protect the climate, leaders left without agreeing to the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that science demands. They gave us words but no real action.

Tell our leaders they’re not done yet

That's why today, people from around the world are making their voices heard. Greenpeace is calling on all those frustrated, disappointed, angry and upset by the outcome in Copenhagen to help change the future by letting our leaders know that their work is far from over. 

CLICK HERE: It's our future. We can change it.

In a cyberaction designed to send messages directly to countries like the US, Australia, Canada and the EU, Greenpeace is asking people to write in with their demand for climate action now.

 

Not done yet

With the Copenhagen deal falling far short of what's required to prevent the worst impacts of catastrophic climate change, world leaders must be told that they're not done yet. 

The impacts of a changing climate are real and are happening right now.  Each year, 300,000 people die from the impacts of global warming, with millions more getting displaced from their homes. Failure to act and stop this in Copenhagen was unacceptable.

"Unfortunately, it now falls up each and every one of us to let our leaders know that in the coming months we will make sure they finish what they started," said Bruce Cox, executive Director of Greenpeace Canada. "Pressure from millions of people brought world leaders to the negotiating table, and now we need your help again to make them finish the job."

A great Canadian let-down

Canada performed abysmally at the conference. Our negotiators did everything in their power to undermine a binding agreement that would have drastically slowed the environmental destruction of projects like the Alberta tar sands. 

"The fact that our Prime Minister, a former oil man, feels 'comfortable' with the deal reached in Copenhagen should speak volumes about how ineffective it really is," said Cox.

The Climate Action Network, a global coalition of over 400 environmental groups, bestowed upon Canada 10 'fossil of the day' awards, a tongue-in-check honor that goes to the country that does the most to block progress at climate talks. To top it all off, Canada took home the grand prize of 'colossal fossil'.

Cox added "Quite simply, our government let us down."

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