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One question I’ve been getting a lot lately as I’ve been working to encourage bloggers to register for Blog Action Day is “what’s going on right now that makes blogging about climate change so important?”
I thought I’d take a moment and offer a bit of an answer. At the end of this year the United Nations is sponsoring a major summit on climate change where world leaders will gather and try to reach an international agreement on avoiding the worst consequences of the climate crisis.
The negotiations in Copenhagen will be the biggest and most important world gathering ever addressing climate change and is the culmination of a series of preparatory meetings over the past year held at locations around the world.
That’s why groups like the nonprofit organizations that have come together to form the (featured Blog Action Day partner) Tck Tck Tck campaign are pushing to express public support for an “ambitious, fair, and binding” agreement in Copenhagen.
Last week in New York world leaders spent one day at the United Nations General Assembly meeting talking about climate change and right now representatives are meeting in Bangkok trying to make progress on draft agreements and work out as many differences as possible before December.
Right now, as world leaders prepare for Copenhagen, is clearly a particularly important time for the people of the world to speak loudly about the need for lasting solutions to climate change. Of course, the bottom line is that when it comes to finding and implementing those solutions, the sooner the better.
So today I’d like to offer some links and resources where you can learn more about the upcoming negotiations in Copenhagen and events leading up to them as you get ready to post on October 15 for Blog Action Day 09:
- – Official UN climate change site
- – globalwarming.change.org the blog focusing on climate change from the folks running Blog Action Day
- – Tck Tck Tck campaign central site
- – Coverage from a civil society perspective on Grist of this week’s Bangkok climate negotiations
- – Recap of global action last week from avaaz.org members including a phone conversation with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown about Copenhagen
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Luiz Ramos da Silva Filho
September 29th, 2009
Thanks for share info.
envirogy
October 2nd, 2009
This is a great idea and I am excited to go to town on the 15th. Also the issue chosen this year couldn’t be more timely. For those interested in Canada’s perspective on Copenhagen and the (sadly) limited expectations of my country http://envirogy.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/are-we-sabotagers/
Michael Doherty
October 4th, 2009
If we want to effect changes that impact positively on climate change then world leaders need to stop talking about the issue and implement policies that result in action by ordinary citizens and business leaders.
As we speak 20-40% of energy consumed is wasted. Surely this is the starting point for both businesses and residences. So why is progress soo slow?
Ivent'air
October 8th, 2009
That’s clear!
If anybody do his best things will change, and if leaders and businesses see that, all around the world people care about the future of the planet, they will do they best too. Delighted to hold the Action Day!