EXTRACT OF THE DAY Open letter to the world leaders
"In the face of an economic crisis, we have seen what is achievable when countries unite in a common cause.
But, with the world at the brink of ecological disaster and millions of poor people already living on the frontline of climate change, it is essential that this ambition be heightened as world leaders meet at the UN climate negotiations in Poland.
The hope following last year’s UN climate negotiations at Bali has faded, with progress painfully slow. This is to the detriment of poor people, who are now at risk of having any progress in pulling them from poverty, reversed by climate change.
Around the world, international aid agencies as Oxfam have seen the effects of climate change on the world’s poor. (…).
It is desperately unfair that the poor should again feel the brunt, despite being least responsible. Wealthy nations, who are in their advantaged position because of heavy industrialisation, are the most responsible and able to lead the world in tackling climate change.
This is why you must show leadership in Poland and provide solutions that have the interest of the world’s poor at their heart. (…)
Only then we can hope for a global climate agreement that will safeguard the planet and ensure that poor people can truly pull themselves from poverty".
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir David, Attenborough, Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Kristin Davis, Annie Lennox, Bill Nighy, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rahul Bose, Angelique Kidjo, Missy Higgins, Ian McEwan, Jarvis Cocker, Iain Banks, Mark Lynas, Miguel Bose, Janina Ochojska, Thom Yorke.
"In the face of an economic crisis, we have seen what is achievable when countries unite in a common cause.
But, with the world at the brink of ecological disaster and millions of poor people already living on the frontline of climate change, it is essential that this ambition be heightened as world leaders meet at the UN climate negotiations in Poland.
The hope following last year’s UN climate negotiations at Bali has faded, with progress painfully slow. This is to the detriment of poor people, who are now at risk of having any progress in pulling them from poverty, reversed by climate change.
Around the world, international aid agencies as Oxfam have seen the effects of climate change on the world’s poor. (…).
It is desperately unfair that the poor should again feel the brunt, despite being least responsible. Wealthy nations, who are in their advantaged position because of heavy industrialisation, are the most responsible and able to lead the world in tackling climate change.
This is why you must show leadership in Poland and provide solutions that have the interest of the world’s poor at their heart. (…)
Only then we can hope for a global climate agreement that will safeguard the planet and ensure that poor people can truly pull themselves from poverty".
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir David, Attenborough, Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Kristin Davis, Annie Lennox, Bill Nighy, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rahul Bose, Angelique Kidjo, Missy Higgins, Ian McEwan, Jarvis Cocker, Iain Banks, Mark Lynas, Miguel Bose, Janina Ochojska, Thom Yorke.
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