International Demonstrations
on Climate Change

On 6th December 2008, the Saturday midway through the UNFCCC
Climate Talks (COP 14/MOP 4), in Poznan, Poland

For last year's Global Day of Action on Climate see here

This webpage has been set up to publicise and promote plans for demonstrations on climate change, to coincide with the United Nations Climate Talks(COP13/MOP3) in Poznan, Poland, December 1st to 12th 2008.

We intend synchronised demonstrations around the world on Saturday December 6th 2008 - in as many places as possible - to call on world leaders to take urgent action on climate change.

The 'Call to Action' for these demonstrations and related events that will take place on December 6th 2008  is  as follows :

“We demand that world leaders take the urgent and resolute action that is needed to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate, so that the entire world can move as rapidly as possible to a stronger emissions reductions treaty which is both equitable and effective in minimising dangerous climate change. As an absolute minimum this must be in line with the IPCC recommendations footnoted in the Bali Action Plan.  (ie  to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% to 8o% by 2050 -compared to 2000 levels - with a peak in emissions by 2015 and at least a 25% to 40% reduction - from 1990 levels - in  emissions by developed countries by 2020).

We demand that the long-industrialised countries that have emitted most greenhouse gases currently in the atmosphere take responsibility for climate change mitigation by immediately reducing their own emissions as well as investing in a clean energy revolution in the developing world. Developed countries must take their fair share of the responsibility to pay for the adaptive measures that have to be taken, especially by low-emitting countries with limited economic resources.

Climate change will hit the poorest first and hardest. All who have the economic means to act, must therefore urgently and decisively do so.”

We feel that there is an overwhelming need to create a groundswell of global opinion to push for the urgent and radical action on climate change, without which we risk a global catastrophe of unimaginable proportions.

To help build for these demonstrations please find the contact for your country, below, or if there is not yet one listed there contact us at

 info@globalclimatecampaign.org

                                          Global Day of Action 2007

                            For photos click here

 Last year demonstrations were held throughout the world to coincide with the UN Climate Talks held from 3rd - 14th December 2007 in Bali, Indonesia.

Actions were held on every continent, showing a global will for action on climate change. Some nations emerged for the first time as centres of climate activism. In Nepal, 3,000 demonstrated, while 2,000 attended the first big climate rally in the Arab World in Beirut. In Africa, there were events in 11 coutries including 500 Senegalese who attended a rally near Dakar. Over 1,000 mobilized in New Delhi while hundreds more participated in smaller events across India.

Established nations mobilized in force once again, with over 7,000 in London, 10,000 in Germany, 10,000 in Taiwan and 4,000 in Belgium. 3,000 attended a demonstration in Toronto and 600 in Vancouver while there were 30 actions throughout Canada.  5,000 people marched in Athens in response to this year's catastrophic forest fires.

And much more - click the counties in the column on the left to find out more !