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Greenpeace activists, volunteers and community folk walk with Asiatic Elephants (Chang in Thai) and are blessed by Thai Buddhist monks as they set off on the first leg of the Chang(e) Caravan along a road near Khao Yai National Park. The Chang(e) Caravan, launched yesterday by Greenpeace, will pass by Thailand’s Central Plains, along climate change-impacted areas, to call on world leaders, particularly United States President Barack Obama, to take decisive action on global warming. The caravan is led by elephants rehabilitated by the Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Fund (TERF), and is a part of the global TckTckTck initiative involving a growing number of national and global organizations in support of a single goal: to mobilize civil society and to galvanize public opinion in support of transformational change and rapid action to save the planet from dangerous levels of climate change. The 15-day journey will arrive at the outskirts of Bangkok in time for a crucial UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change) intercessional meeting before the Copenhagen climate summit in December.
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The launch of the Greenpeace-led Chang(e) Caravan in an elephant conservation center at the outskirts of Khao Yai National Park, about 200 kilometers from Bangkok. The Chang(e) Caravan, a people's caravan for change, led by elephants rehabilitated by the Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Fund (TERF), is a TckTckTck initiative involving a growing number of national and global organizations in support of a single goal: to mobilize civil society and to galvanize public opinion in support of transformational change and rapid action to save the planet from dangerous levels of climate change. The 15-day journey will traverse the vast Central Plains of Thailand, to arrive at the outskirts of Bangkok. The city is the venue of a crucial UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change) intercessional meeting before the Copenhagen climate summit in December. The caravan is additionally calling upon United States President Barack Obama to demonstrate decisive leadership to avert a climate catastrophe during the UN General Assembly focusing on climate in New York on September 22. ©Greenpeace/Sataporn Thongma
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28 August 2009, Bangkok - 100 school children aged between 12 to 14, wave umbrellas in a colorful parade to form a human clock and the messages “Tck Tck Tck” and “Act Now” outside United Nations Building in Bangkok which will host a crucial UN Climate conference next month. The activity is a part of the launch of “Tcktcktck” campaign which aims to warn the world leader that they have only 100 days to go before governments must agree on a new global climate treaty that will protect millions of lives and the planet’s ecosystem from devastating climate change impact.
The Tcktcktck campaign brings together an unprecedented alliance of faith groups, NGOs, trade unions and individuals at this crucial time to call for a new international treaty that will save the planet from the dangerous effects caused by climate change. As world leaders prepare to strike a climate deal in Copenhegen in December, tcktcktck will harness the voices of the people to demand an ambitious, fair and binding new international agreement that reflects the latest science.
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