“It’s clear that many of the government officials negotiating in Bonn are in their own little bubble, impervious to both public concern and climate science,” said Martin Kaiser, Greenpeace International Climate Policy Director.

“The climate is changing now; no more evidence is needed to alert us to the devastating consequences of continued political inaction. Heads of State must immediately intervene and break the deadlock. They must take personal responsibility for getting the negotiations back on track to deliver a climate saving deal in Copenhagen at the end of this year,” he said.

 “At the July G8 meeting they must provide the leadership the climate crisis demands and commit to serious, binding cuts in emissions and financing for the developing world.”

Presidents and Prime Ministers must also tell their negotiators to stop playing cheap politics with the climate.

After two weeks of climate talks in Bonn, governments appear to be simply gathering a bag of bargaining chips aimed at one long night of negotiations at the very end of the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December. 

“This kind of political brinkmanship is placing the planet in peril. So far there has been little – if any - attempt at finding any kind of common ground.”

Greenpeace also appealed to the public to call for action at the highest level and demand that their Head of State agrees to personally attend the Copenhagen UN Climate Summit to guarantee a climate-saving deal.

“This is your planet, your future, and your leaders are acting in your name.  Tell them what you think,” he said. “These leaders must be judged on whether they can meet the challenge of the climate threat.”