*Subject:* Support Int'l "Don't Nuke the Climate" Campaign
*Dear Friends,* *Below is a message from our colleagues at Sortir du Nucleaire in France, about an important new international campaign on nukes and climate. We hope you’ll support it, and add your voices to the international movement to keep nuclear power out of any and all climate agreements. NIRS plans to be in Copenhagen in December for the climate conference. U.S. groups: please let us know if you’re planning to attend so we can begin organizing the U.S. anti-nuclear delegation. Let us know at nirs...@nirs.org<http://mail.google.com/mail/h/xewk1hspsodf/?v=b&cs=wh&to=nirs...@nirs.org>. But in any case, we hope you’ll sign on below.* *Michael Mariotte*** *Nuclear Information and Resource Service* *-------------------------------------------------------* *To our international partners Please answer before the 12th of July 2009.* *International campaign « Don’t nuke the climate » : we need your support !* http://www.dont-nuke-the-climate.org/spip.php?lang=en In December 2009, at the next UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, it will be the world leaders’ duty to aim for an ambitious agreement regarding greenhouse gas emissions cut targets. They should also agree on a relevant budget to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation. Nuclear power has been kept outside of climate change mitigation mechanisms like CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) and JI (Joint Implementation) so far. However, some evidence shows that the nuclear lobby could be preparing its comeback at the next COP to have this dirty energy labeled as clean or carbon-free and thus benefit from new subsidies. Will our leaders let themselves be talked into financing a dangerous, costly and irrelevant technology, which would divert urgently needed money from real solutions to climate change? *This is why we now propose you to support the international campaign “Don’t nuke the climate” which will be initiated by the Réseau “Sortir du nucléaire” (French Network for Nuclear Phase-out)*. A campaign document will be edited at a large scale (several hundreds of thousand copies) by September 2009. It will include petition postcards to be signed by citizens, which will be gathered and then presented in Copenhagen during a media-oriented action. Beside, we will ask citizens to send us pictures to make a huge mosaic showing the face(s) of world citizens’ refusal of nuke as a solution to global warming. *We would highly appreciate to see your logo on this document and on the dedicated website, our aim being to distribute this campaign as broadly as possible, not only in France, but also in Europe and maybe further.* Our last campaign on this topic, in year 2008, has already gathered 27 partners at a national level. However, the issue is global and requires international committment. We know some of you are already very active on the issue of nukes and global warming, and hope this campaign could contribute in joining our efforts to allow the antinuclear voice to be heard even stronger in Copenhagen. *Like already many French organizations, do not hesitate to register your NGO as a partner of the campaign “Don’t nuke the climate”, by clicking on : *http://www.dont-nuke-the-climate.org/spip.php?lang=en The writing work is in progress and your remarks will be welcomed. Please contact me (details below) for any information request. Many thanks for your support. -- Charlotte Mijeon International Relations Representative Réseau "Sortir du nucléaire" / French Network for Nuclear Phaseout Federation gathering 841 NGOs and organizations charlotte.mij...@sortirdunucleaire.fr<http://mail.google.com/mail/h/xewk1hspsodf/?v=b&cs=wh&to=charlotte.mij...@sortirdunucleaire.fr> 00 33 675 362 020 (GSM) 00 33 320 580 635 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
