Making a Global Climate Wake-up Call on Sept. 21

by Emily Gertz · 2009-09-17 17:40:00 UTC
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Activists are not letting next week's UN Climate Summit get by without a demonstration of support for action on global warming...350 demonstrations and counting, actually, in 52 countries all around the world, on September 21, between 12:18 and 12:30 PM.

They're all part of a remarkably de-centralized climate action called the Global Wake-up Call, telling world leaders to stop "sleepwalking into a crisis of epic and historical proportions."

The coalition pulling this together is called TckTckTck. Why the tick tock? The campaign is counting down the time to December's international climate talks in Copenhagen.

The array of online materials is well-thought-out: Folks wanting to join or create a rally, flash mob, or other event or can use this interactive map to find one or set one up for others to find. There's also an online toolkit with a lot of good resources, including ample information, event ideas, printouts, media materials, and a twitter-like forum for sharing ideas with other organizers (that be read in English, Français, Español, or Deutsch), and more.

TckTckTck's concise message is that world leaders must negotiate a "FABulous" global treaty to avert catastrophic climate change:

We want our political leaders to be in Copenhagen and to show historic leadership in achieving a treaty which is: FABulous.

FAIR: for the poorest countries that did not cause climate change but are suffering most from it.

AMBITIOUS: enough to leave a planet safe for us all.

BINDING: with real targets that can be legally monitored and enforced.

Emily Gertz
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