Dear friends,

The US, Canada and Japan are climate-wrecking at Bali - here's our global
emergency petition to save the talks, add your name automatically by clicking
below!

" We call urgently for the US, Canada and Japan to stop blocking serious 2020
targets for emissions reductions, and for the rest of the world to refuse to
accept anything less."
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We're here at the climate summit in Bali -- but it's reached crisis point.
Working late, negotiators were nearing consensus thatdeveloped countries should
pledge post-Kyoto emissions cuts by 2020--a step which the scientists say is
needed to avert the worst ravages of global warming, and which will help to
bring China and the developing world onboard. But then the news broke: the US,
Canada and Japan rejected any mention of such cuts. Every few hours the draft
changes.

We can't let three governments hold the world to ransom: so we're launching a
global emergency petition before the summit climax in 48 hours.We'll deliver our
message every way we can -- a stark full-page advertisement in the Jakarta Post
conference supplement which all the delegates are reading, stunts at the
conference gates, direct to country negotiators -- telling Canada, Japan and the
US to accept the option of post-Kyoto targets, and the rest of the world to
settle for nothing less.

Please take a moment right now to sign the new global emergency petition -- the
text is in the box above, so click this link to sign automatically if you've
taken action with us before -- then tell all your friends:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/bali_emergency/7.php

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the expiring Kyoto pact, but Japan, the US
and Canada don't seem to want a workable global deal to follow it. There is
almost universal agreement in Balithat the idea of 2020 climate targets should
be included, making possible a deal to bring the developing world onboard over
time. As the news links below make clear, the US, Japan and Canada are
destroying that delicate bargain, not even allowing the idea to be mentioned.

We're doing everything we can. Tens of thousands of Canadian Avaaz members have
launched an ad campaign telling their government not to betray them -- our
Japanese members are emailing their leaders -- while our American members will
send their own message to Bali as Al Gore and Congressional and local
representatives land there, asking negotiators to ignore the official US
delegation because it does not represent them.

Coming from every country on earth, all of us can play a direct role in the Bali
face-off by signing this global emergency petition -- delivered at the summit
gates, in a full-page Financial Times ad, and direct to delegates. Add your name
at this link, act now and spread the word -- we have just 48 hours:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/bali_emergency/7.php

With determination and hope,

Paul, Ricken, Galit, Ben, Iain, Graziela, Milena and the whole Avaaz team

PS This article explains a bit of what's going on:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/10/news/climate.php

The New Scientist has more detail here:

http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/12/bali-draft-hints-emissions-\
targets-may_10.html

We're in the thick of things here at Bali -- Avaaz was the only organisation
allowed to demonstrate inside the fortified summit Saturday. As hundreds of
thousands marched around the world, we brought over half a million voices to the
heart of the decision-making venue, carrying big banners and scores of country
flags. We've also been hosting the daily Fossil Awards of the Climate Action
Network, the umbrella of all the NGOs here – see http://www.avaaz.org/fossils.

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> Subject: Fw: URGENT ALERT - climate-wrecking at Bali
> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:34:08 +1100
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> Here is another VERY urgent petition to please sign. xoxooxoxox Junitta
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> Please at least consider this!!!!
> A very happy Christmas to everyone and may we and our children breathe easy in
2008 and beyond. xF
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