Press release - 4 December, 2008
Having spent two days atop the 150 metre chimney stack of the Pątnów power plant to highlight the catastrophic impact that coal-fired power stations are having on the climate, the 11 Greenpeace climbers came down today and are heading for the UN climate talks in Posnan to continue their campaign to save the climate.
"For two days and nights I've sat on this smokestack and watched
it accelerate climate change," said Gavin Edwards, head of
Greenpeace's global climate campaign. "Nothing does more damage to
the climate than coal power. The politicians negotiating at Poznan
need to get serious about preventing dangerous climate change.
That's why we're moving our base-camp into Poznan, to let them know
the world is watching."
On 8 December, a week into the talks, the Climate Rescue Station
will reopen in Poznan's Wolności Square, from where it will
continue to send a message to delegates attending the climate talks
to get serious about climate change, quit coal and work towards a
meaningful deal to save the climate. Events will include a free
"concert for the climate" by the Britten Sinfonia, open days for
the public, exhibitions and debates.
At Poznan delegates must agree:
- a "climate vision" that will address what the science requires:
global emissions peaking by 2015
- a draft negotiating text on the table
- a detailed workplan to get this completed by the Copenhagen
meeting in December 2009
- developed countries must agree greenhouse gas emission
reduction targets at the upper end of 25-40 percent, as identified
by the IPCC
Other contacts: (Climate Rescue Station)
Jacek Winiarski - Press officer, Greenpeace Poland:
+48504274080
Szabina Mózes - Media Officer, Greenpeace International:
+436646126725
(Poznan Talks)
Beth Herzfeld, Greenpeace International:
+48798626809
International Photo desk: +447801615889, 
International Video desk: +31646162015