Copenhagen: One World – Keep Us Safe! BPSDB
With 4 days to go and leaders arriving tomorrow, planet-saving negotiations are failing to deliver. Hopes now rest on a tidal wave of public pressure from ALL of us — as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu said at our summit vigil, “We expect a Real Deal in Copenhagen!”
No-one can now ignore the need for all of us to act — every single name is actually being read out at the summit and we’ll deliver this message directly to leaders there — so let’s join together, sign below and spread the word — and together we can build an overwhelming mandate for change:
Sign the petition
Naomi Klein: The Copenhagen Process Is Out Of Control
On Wednesday morning, a huge non-violent demonstration is planned that involves protesters marching into the Bella Center where talks are being held, and concerned delegates and NGO representatives — including Klein — are going to walk out. The goal? Shutting down the talks and establishing a people’s assembly. For Klein and other protesters, what’s on the table in negotiations is not nearly enough to really cut global emissions levels and to reduce further catastrophic climate change. Read the rest
Streets of Copenhagen
Regular reader Ratexla sends us some pictures of the streets of Copenhagen.
More of Ratexla’s pictures here and here
Don’t forget Thursday’s Hunger Strike
“Over the 20th century, ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic main development region warmed during peak hurricane season, with the most pronounced warming occurring over the last four decades.” Earth GaugeWe give our consent every moment that we do not resist.
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Greenfyre…you said every single name is being read out at the summit? Is that the petition you’re referring to? There are over 11 million names on that petition. I don’t think they’ll be reading them out loud…that’s about 130 days at a name/second (caveat…mental math, may be wrong, but still will take a long time).
Perhaps there is another petition being read out loud, say, one based on statements from science academies/groups etc?
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They are delivering the petitions to leaders as they arrive for the final days of negotiations, by reading names out loud and placing the lists of petition names in boxes that they’ll stack up into giant walls — for leaders to move through.
A 60 person rolling team going for two days would just about cover it.
If they can’t read all, it will be because the number of global citizens who have participated in this online petition to demand a real deal is so huge.
Leaders must put money on the table!
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It is quite encouraging that the people haven’t let themselves stop because of the police-repressions here in Copenhagen. Some of what the police have done would qualify for brutality in my opinion, but they have been running on 16-hour work schedules for two weeks and have been sold the idea that the group ‘Never trust a COP’ would try to burn down the city, so I would put the blame higher up.
The many non-violent protest have unfortunately been reported as disturbances, even though the articles always seem to state at the end that only force used was by the police. People seem to want to make a mental connection with civil disobedience and crime, even though most people here actually take the science seriously.
I must admit that the dedication you and many show through the Justice Fast is very humbling to me. I had been wrestling with the thought of joining for the 17., but I had a planned dinner with a group of friends I hadn’t seen for a while, and I ended up compromising with my selfishness and decided only to fast until the dinner (I haven’t signed the petition since I figured that would be cheating.
. Even though I didn’t go an entire day, my body still rebeled, and I’m amazed that anyone has been able to do this for more than a month with food nearby. I had an apple in my jacket pocket and I didn’t realize that I had taken it out until it was near my mouth. I didn’t feel any hunger pain but I hadn’t realized how much concentration it takes to keep in control in such situations. Even if the fast doesn’t result in a changed attitude for any ‘normal’ people, you can still count me as inspired. 
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I should learn to proof-read before I submit.. I hope you can survive the errors.