Invite Obama, McCain to the UN Conference of Parties
Addressing the fact that the United States has historically contributed the most to global warming, and over the past eight years has done the least to stop it, 350.org has come up with an exciting and timely campaign.
Realizing that whoever takes office as U.S. President next year has a lot of work to get the country back in the game and to ensure that climate change is taken seriously as an issue, it becomes important that the the next US President participates in the Conference of Parties (COP) that will be held in Poznan in December. And to ensure that this does happen, it is important that the people of the world invite them for the same!
The Conference of Parties (COP) taking place this year in Poznan, Poland is even more significant for the fact that it precedes the next COP that will be held in Copenhegan and will decide as to what will will follow the Kyoto protocol. The US has done little for climate change to the extent that some of the preceding U.S. Governments have even actively tried to block progress on a global climate deal.
IF the next president goes and makes a strong statement about the U.S. rising to the challenge of the climate crisis, it would dramatically alter the course of the negotiations. But McCain and Obama will only go if they’re invited.
That’s where the people of the world need to play their part. It’s crucial that citizens from around the globe put pressure on Obama and McCain to ensure they attend the meeting, and play their part in getting the U.S. to be a leader on global warming.
350.org has therefore launched this campaign to ensure that the President of the US indeed participates in the COP this year and the U.S. can play its crucial role in solving the climate crisis.
Log on to www.350.org/invite to send your personal invitation to McCain and Obama today.
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