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G8+5?

Posted: 13-03-07

Hi this is simply a modified version of the standard email sent out by Avaaz.org (The Online "Petition People"):

This Thursday the 15th, the environment ministers from the G8+5, the world's biggest contributors to climate change, will be meeting in Germany. The outcome of this meeting is crucial to world's response to global warming.

Avaaz.org has been invited to attend this meeting to present our climate change petition. A strong voice for action could help set the agenda for the G8. help seize this opportunity below.

The G8 is a summit of world leaders from the "Group of 8" largest economies (plus the 5 emerging economies of China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico). Together, these countries account for 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions the gasses that cause climate change. The full G8 summit is coming in June, but the agenda and outcome of this type of high-profile event is usually set far in advance at meetings like the one this Thursday.

This year, the president of the G8 is German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her environment minister, Sigmar Gabriel, is in charge of the ministers meeting Thursday. And at 4 pm on March 15th, Avaaz have a personal meeting with Mr. Gabriel to present our petition for binding emissions targets to stop catastrophic climate change.

Merkel has indicated an interest in making climate change a top priority. With a significant global petition, we can make the case that the world is ready for aggressive leadership on climate change and pave the way for truly historic commitments at the G8 summit this June.

It's a rare opportunity to have a global impact. So please add your voice to the petition now.

63,099 people from 131 countries have already demanded action. The goal is to reach 100,000. Please sign the petition, forward this link to friends and family, and post the link on your blog. There are only days left to make this statement count.

Cheers,
Russ