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Title: Help shame Harper, Bush and Fukuda for blocking progress on climate change at G8
Topic: Environment
Written By: Janet M Eaton
Date: Monday, July 07 @
Dear All:

I just signed up to endorse, by way of a donation,  the Avaaz ad on climate change -- shaming the leaders of Canada, Japan, and the US for blocking progress at the G8 summit happening now in Japan. Please  join me in  reading more about the ad which will appear in the global Finanical Times newspaper tomorrow, about how effective this kind of ad has been in the past and by clicking on the link below.

As the Avaaz communique below notes:
The vast majority of the world's people want urgent, bold action on climate change -- but here at the G8 summit, three politicians stand in the way. Canada's Harper, Japan's Fukuda, and the United States' Bush are refusing to discuss climate targets for the year 2020.

At the UN climate negotiations in Bali, Harper, Fukuda, and Bush were trying to block any reference to climate targets for the year 2020 -- just as they are now at the G8. But a global uproar turned the tide. Negotiators from the global South rose, one after the next, to demand that the spoilers step aside. Citizen groups in every nation raised their voices -- including 320,000 Avaaz members in the final 72 hours. And a satirical full-page Avaaz ad in the Jakarta Post (a remake of the Titanic movie poster featuring Harper, Bush, and Fukuda) made headlines worldwide. A major Japanese paper later reported that this ad was waved at a top-level Japanese cabinet
meeting -- leading to a step forward in Fukuda's climate policy.

Harper faces a difficult election this fall, and climate change is emerging as a key issue. In the US, the campaign to succeed Bush could hinge on climate policy. And Fukuda's political opponents are challenging him sharply on how to confront the climate crisis.

Avaaz has arranged a full-page satirical advert for Tuesday's global Financial Times newspaper, shaming Harper, Fukuda, and Bush for their climate irresponsibility. The paper will be delivered to the hotel rooms of every G8 delegate. Together, we can make it costly and embarrassing enough that these leaders will think twice before squandering another opportunity for climate progress. Click below to make a donation to help cover the cost, and then pass this message
along. http://www.avaaz.org/en/g8_2020_ads/1.php?cl=105803762

all the best,
janet
 
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[SphinxMontreal]

Give it up. This Government doesn't give a rat's ass about the environment. Their purpose is to pocket as much cash as possible, which unfortunately means continued large scale destruction of the planet.