Yet, less than two months from Copenhagen President Obama still delays making a commitment to attend. Let’s rule out denial as a response by creating an undeniable call for his attendance at the talks.
Like Obama’s campaign slogan, we want change we can believe in. And that means his attendance at Copenhagen to secure a fair, ambitious and binding agreement on climate change.
Join the call to get Obama to Copenhagen
Get President Barack Obama to commit to attending the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen. Join our Twitterstorm on October 28th at 10am (United Kingdom).
How does it work?
- First, follow BeThatChange on Twitter.
- Wait until 10am on October 28th…
- Then tweet like crazy – ideally we want to hit trending topics so it becomes big news.
What is the UN Climate Change Conference?
Arguably the most important meeting in the history of humankind. The talks in Copenhagen which begin on December 7th are the latest in a series of annual UN meetings aimed at coordinating international action against climate change. They began with the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio.
At this year’s conference, the world community will try to agree on a successor to the Kyoto protocol to find a solution to the biggest threat we have ever faced: global warming.
Known in ‘UN-speak’ as COP 15 (the 15th meeting of the parties of the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change), the meeting in Copenhagen will try to work out a way for the world to act together to deliver an international plan of action capable of keeping global warming below 2 degrees C.
Want to know more?
Visit the conference website:
Copenhagen Climate Summit »
Follow the conference Twitter feed:
twitter.com/COP15 »
See what the Guardian has to say:
guardian.co.uk/environment »
Take further action:
Seal the Deal 2009 »
What’s a Twitterstorm?
An unmissable volley of synchronised messages that build in momentum until the Government simply can’t ignore it. Think of the voice it gave to Iranians during their elections. Now consider the impact we can have closer to home.
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