350 Campaign Parish Kit
Letter Campaign for United Nations Climate Change Conference
In December, 2009 representatives from all nations of the world, including Canada, will gather in Copenhagen for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. A major objective of this conference will be to negotiate a follow-up to the Kyoto Protocol. As a citizen of this small planet, you have an important stake in these discussions.
If you are concerned about the fate of the Earth we have inherited and the ability of future generations to survive, you now have the opportunity to do something about it. This package has been prepared to inform and guide you to make your voice heard. We invite you to sign and send the attached letter to Canada's representatives to the conference. Share it with others: send this package to five friends and contacts, asking them to a) send a letter and b) forward the message further. Together let us demand strong and effective action on the part of Canada.
Canada signed the Kyoto Protocol but since declared it will not meet its commitments; in fact, Canada's greenhouse gas emissions increased by 26% instead of decreasing by 6%. Meanwhile the dangers from climate change have become actual rather than predicted. Glaciers are melting; sea levels are rising; Canadian permafrost is melting; droughts are occurring in many parts of the world, including Canada.
Climate change, caused by increasing greenhouse gases, has become the defining environmental, economic and social issue of the 21st century. It has now been established that the safe threshold of carbon dioxide concentration (350 parts per million, ppm) has been exceeded, with the current value of 390 ppm and rising. Unless halted through dramatic action, 'runaway' climate change will threaten the well-being and possibly the survival of our planet.
Government response to global warming, worldwide, has been uneven. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase in many countries. Governments need to get a clear message that the people they represent want real action that will finally turn the corner. The international 350 movement has been organized to help bring this message to the national governments and to the international conference. Further information can be found at www.350.org and in the attachment provided.
Please send the sample letter as is or modified as you wish, to Mr. Prentice by October 24.
Future generations will thank you for this action!
Sincerely,
The Outreach Committee, St. Philip's Anglican Church, Milford, Ontario supported by:
- The Right Reverend George Bruce, Bishop, Diocese of Ontario
- Canon Bob Hales, Interim Priest, St. Philip's Anglican Church, Milford, Ontario
- The Diocesan Green Group
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