Act Now - Change the Future

It’s time to put politicians on notice! Every email raised in protest about their failure is a step towards forcing them to act in all our interests.

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Barack
Obama, President of the United States
Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission Dear Sirs,
We expected the climate summit in Copenhagen to agree a fair, ambitious
and legally binding treaty to protect the climate. You know the science
is clear – to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, global average
temperatures must peak well below 2 degrees Celsius above
pre-industrial levels and return far below 1.5°C thereafter. This
requires cutting emissions of greenhouse gases by at least 80 percent
by 2050. This is needed to ensure the survival of the world’s most
vulnerable nations and ecosystems and, ultimately, all humanity.
Although you and other political leaders collectively failed to get the
agreement needed, the fight to save the climate is not over. The
decision to move the legal agreement to 2010 provides a last chance for
you to demonstrate leadership. In order to secure agreement you, as
Head of State must remain engaged until the treaty is in effect. We
expected leadership from you. We still expect you to deliver. The
coming months offer the last chance for you to show us that leadership.
Failure is not an option. You cannot change the science; you can change
the politics. If the politics don't change, we have to change the
politicians. Industrialized countries bear an historic responsibility,
have the greatest capacity to take action and have the highest per
capita emissions. As a leader of an industrialized country, your
responsibility is to commit to deep emissions cuts. At Copenhagen, the
so-called 'Accord' was presented as a ‘take it or leave it’ deal that
was rightly rejected by many countries and not even formally adopted by
the Conference of the Parties (COP). The 'deal' is in fact a major
concession to climate polluting industries. It will propel the world
towards a 4°C temperature rise, with all the devastating climate
impacts that this entails. A legally binding agreement is needed to
avert climate catastrophe - and this is what we need you to deliver in
2010. You must: take a lead; commit to emissions cuts of 40% by 2020;
commit to provide funding to help developing countries onto a clean
energy pathway, protect tropical forests and adapt to climate change
impacts that are now unavoidable. And this must be enshrined in a
legally binding treaty. These are the first essential steps to getting
the deal the world needs. The world is watching. I can assure you that
we will not stop until the necessary action is taken. Please, ACT NOW -
CHANGE THE FUTURE Sincerely,