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Solar Generation and Greenpeace activists along with coal impacted communities of Mae moh, install a photo voltaic solar energy system at the Occupational Patient Rights Network in Lampang, Thailand. The activity is part of Global Day of Action aiming to send message "get serious about climate change" to governments around the world gather at the Conference of Parties under UNFCCC and Meeting of the Parties under Kyoto Protocol in Poznan, Poland where negotiations are ongoing on a range of measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions to stop the dire impacts predicted to result from climate change.
Enlarge ImageGreenpeace volunteers in 23 countries from Australia to Italy to Mexico to the Philippines to Turkey to the US joined or led a series of protests, demonstrations and outreach events to ensure that Ministers arriving in Poznan listen to the will of their citizens, and get serious about climate action. Here’s a video of the action day in Poznan itself.
"The world is watching governments in Poznan" said Mareike Britten, Greenpeace climate and energy campaigner. "Saturday’s actions clearly show that people across the world recognise that it’s time for governments to get serious about climate action."
Solar Generation and Greenpeace activists along with coal impacted
communities of Mae moh, install a photo voltaic solar energy system at
the Occupational Patient Rights Network in Lampang, Thailand. They also
learn how Mae Moh villagers impacted by lignite mine and power plant
fought for their rights and were eventually granted the new relocated
area out of dead zone.
The activity is part of Global Day of Action aiming to send message "get serious about climate change" to governments around the world gather at the Conference of Parties under UNFCCC and Meeting of the Parties under Kyoto Protocol in Poznan, Poland where negotiations are ongoing on a range of measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions to stop the dire impacts predicted to result from climate change.
Mae Moh coal plant is one of the largest lignite-fired electricity generating facilities in Southeast Asia. Every hour the plant pour approximately 7 tons of sulphur dioxide into the local environment. Every year, Mae Moh coal plant emits over 7 million tons of climate change-inducing carbon dioxide.
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