I know this list is just for WG stuff, but I hope you'll agree that a
petitiion that already has 13 MILLION signatures is worth discussing. If
you haven't already signed, please do now. The website is
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_copenhagen/?cl=406088013&v=4967.
Dick
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Subject: Crisis in copenhagen - the pressure is building
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:18:49 -0800
From: Ricken Patel - Avaaz.org <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Wow - 48 hours left in the summit and this global petition is exploding!
See updated email below and forward to everyone to build the largest
petition in history!
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Dear friends,
<http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_copenhagen?cl=406088013&v=4967>
*Copenhagen's last-ditch summit* to stop catastrophic global warming is
*failing; world leaders are appealing for massive public pressure to
save it.* Sign the giant petition below - it may be the largest in history:
Sign The Petition!
<http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_copenhagen?cl=406088013&v=4967>
*With just 2 days left, the historic Copenhagen climate summit is failing.*
World leaders have begun the final hours of direct negotiations. The *UK
Prime Minister has directly appealed to Avaaz to build the tidal wave of
public pressure needed* to reach a deal that stops catastrophic global
warming of 2 degrees.
*Click below to sign the petition for a real deal* -- the campaign
already has a staggering 11 million supporters -- over the next 48 hours
let's make it the largest petition in history! *The name of every signer
is being read out right now in the summit hall* -- sign on at the link
below and forward this email to everyone!
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_copenhagen
<http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_copenhagen/?cl=406088013&v=4967>
*We are making history in Copenhagen.* A group of young people have sat
down in the middle of the summit and begun reading the names of every
person who signs the petition for a real deal. Another group is doing
the same 'petition reading sit-in' in the Canadian Prime Minister's
office, and rumours are that more such actions will happen tomorrow. *On
an emergency conference call with 3000 Avaaz members today, UK Prime
Minister Gordon Brown said:*
/"What you're doing through the internet around the world is absolutely
crucial to setting the agenda. In the next 48 hours, don't underestimate
your effect on the leaders here in Copenhagen"/
Earlier, millions watched the Avaaz vigil inside the summit on TV, where
*Archbishop Desmond Tutu told hundreds of delegates and assembled children:*
/“We marched in Berlin, and the wall fell.
"We marched for South Africa, and apartheid fell.
"We marched at Copenhagen -- and *we WILL get a Real Deal*.” /
Copenhagen is seeking the biggest mandate in history to stop the
greatest threat humanity has ever faced. *History will be made in the
next 48 hours.* How will our children remember this moment? Let's tell
them we did all we could.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_copenhagen
<http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_copenhagen/?cl=406088013&v=4967>
With hope and determination,
Ricken, Alice, Ben, Paul, Luis, Iain, Veronique, Graziela, Pascal,
Paula, Benjamin, Raj, Raluca, Taren, David, Josh and the whole Avaaz team.
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