[All] Fwd: The planet is dying

[Robert Milligan]

FYI
RM

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> From: "Luis Morago - Avaaz.org" <avaaz at avaaz.org>
> Date: December 7, 2011 4:15:37 PM GMT-05:00
> To: "mill at continuum.org" <mill at continuum.org>
> Subject: The planet is dying
>
> Dear friends,
>
>
> Our planet is dying and big oil companies have key nations in their  
> pockets, blocking any chance of a climate treaty. We have 48 hours  
> before UN talks end -- let's call on the EU, Brazil and China to  
> lead us towards a deal to save the planet! Click here to sign the  
> urgent petition:
>
>
> Our oceans are dying, our air changing, and our forests and  
> grasslands turning to deserts. From fish and plants to wildlife to  
> human beings, we are killing the planet that sustains us, and fast.  
> There is one single greatest cause of this destruction of the  
> natural world -- climate change, and in the next 48 hours, we have a  
> chance to stop it.
>
> The UN treaty on climate change -- our best hope for action --  
> expires next year. But a greedy US-led coalition of oil-captured  
> countries is trying to kill it forever. It's staggeringly difficult  
> to believe: they are trading short term profits for the survival of  
> our natural world.
>
> The EU, Brazil and China are all on the fence -- they are not slaves  
> to oil companies the way the US is, but they need to hear a massive  
> call to action from people before they really lead financially and  
> politically to save the UN treaty. The world is gathered at the  
> climate summit for the next 48 hours to make the big decision. Let's  
> send our leaders a massive call to stand up to big oil and save the  
> planet -- an Avaaz team at the summit will deliver our call directly:
>
> http://www.avaaz.org/en/the_planet_is_dying/?vl
>
> Things are becoming desperate. All over our planet extreme weather  
> continues to smash records, leaving millions homeless and without  
> food or shelter. We’re rapidly reaching our point of no return to  
> stop runaway climate change -- we only have until 2015 to start  
> making drastic reductions to our carbon pollution.
>
> Yet despite this very real urgency, the world has failed to mobilise  
> against the fossil fuel-captured democracy of the US. Not only  
> content with wrecking the Copenhagen talks and the Kyoto protocol,  
> they are now building a coalition of climate treaty killers to put  
> the final nail in the coffin of international negotiations in Africa.
>
> Our only hope to turn things around lies with Europe, Brazil and  
> China -- they can make a deal happen, but they need to do it  
> together, and that’s where we come in. Europe is tired, it’s fought  
> long and hard on climate and needs a public boost. China has already  
> agreed to binding commitments, is sensitive to its international  
> reputation, and could lead further if we give it an encouraging  
> push. And Brazil is hosting next year's earth summit -- making it  
> eager to set the world up for climate success. Let’s build a giant  
> global call to bring our champions together and build a green dream  
> team. Sign the petition now and forward this email:
>
> http://www.avaaz.org/en/the_planet_is_dying/?vl
>
> The crazy focus on short term profits that motivates countries to  
> stall and scuttle action on a climate crisis that literally  
> threatens the survival of all of us cannot be tolerated.  
> Fortunately, our movement has the power to intervene in this process  
> and demand change. Let’s stand together and inspire others to stand  
> with us for a safer, more humane world.
>
> With hope and determination,
>
> Luis, Emma, Ricken, Iain, Antonia, Morgan, Dalia, Pascal and the  
> rest of the Avaaz team
>
> More information
>
> AFP "Durban climate talks deadlocked as ministers haggle"
> http://www.canada.com/news/Durban+climate+talks+deadlocked+ministers+haggle/5817633/story.html
>
> Bloomberg "Global Warming Fight Threatened by Debt Crisis as Kyoto  
> Fades"
> http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-05/global-warming-fight-threatened-by-debt-crisis-as-kyoto-fades.html
>
> BBC "Durban: the early skirmishes"
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15944559
>
> AFP "Climate talks bust-up feared despite dire warnings"
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ilQ2AAkCv-s-T9ADnXqjblPluR9A?docId=CNG.451abb628334395938a1d87bf5b33d68.1e1
>
> CTV "Canada to pull out of Kyoto Protocol next month"
> http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111127/durban-south-africa-slimate-conference-setup-111127/20111127/?hub=CalgaryHome
>
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