Måndag 21 september kl 12:18 kommer alarmklockor att ljuda i unison på offentliga platser världen över. Det handlar om en s.k. "flashmob", som samordnas av Avaaz.org. Även i Uppsala tänkte vi iscensätta denna händelse, mer om vilken kan läsas på Avaaz hemsida. I Uppsala har vi tänkt att den som är i Uppsala på dagen kan komma till järnvägsstationen. Anmäl gärna deltagande här.
Här följer mer detaljerad information:
Dear Global Wake Up Call participants,
The global climate wake-up call is here! The press is reporting that global climate talks are in a shambles and the UN summit on Tuesday is our best hope to revive them. That means our perfectly timed 2300 events in 130 countries on Monday could be pivotal in waking up our sleeping leaders before they meet.
Here is a link -- http://www.avaaz.org/en/sept21_toolkit -- to the host tool kit which includes a video demonstrating how most of the events will work. On the day, when we all converge at 12:18 (or the time specified for your event) with the 'mobile phone symphony', it's vital that we get our climate action message through to world leaders. Here is the number(s) to call:
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
(+46) 8 405 10 00
Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren
(+46) 8 405 10 00
Energy Minister Maud Olofsson
(+46) 8 405 10 00
Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Bildt
(+46) 8 405 10 00
The easiest thing to do is save these numbers into your phone or print them out and take them with you. If someone answers, introduce yourself, ask to speak to an official who can convey a message to the leader you're trying to reach, and say:
I'd like to leave a message for (insert leader's name) urging him/her to personally go to the Copenhagen climate summit and sign on to a fair, ambitious, and binding climate treaty.
If you connect to someone who is willing to talk, you might explain to them that you are calling as part of the Global Wake-Up Call, with 2300 events in 130 countries, and then explain why you personally are committed to addressing climate change. The two things that governments respond to are the number of calls and the clarity of your message, so keep it brief and be polite! If you can't get through, just keep trying through the day! Jamming the phone lines can send shock-waves through governments who are generally extremely sensitive to this sort of demonstration of public popular will.
ALSO
There are also some great signs and placards you can download on the day - from the right side of host tool kit: http://www.avaaz.org/en/sept21_toolkit
Take a great group picture of the event that will be uploaded for an impressive global delivery to our leaders gathered in New York and to the international media. Send your images immediately after the event to photos@avaaz.org. Detailed instructions are here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/sept21_photographers
If you are approaching the media, click here: http://avaaz.org/en/media_guide/ to download a press release that you can amend for your local environment.
Finally, find all the information needed about the great Global Wake-Up Call events and phone-calls on the hub page at the link below, including photos, video and a live-blog for us to share our experiences of the day. Visit the Wake-Up Hub at this link and post a short update on how it went:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/sept21_hub/
In recent weeks, we've stunned leaders with sudden barrages of thousands of calls. 14,000 calls reversed the Brazilian President's position on a new climate protection law, 3,000 calls persuaded the German Chancellor's party to engage with climate groups, just a few hundred calls got the attention of top advisors to French President Sarkozy.
We have just 78 days left until the final UN meeting in Copenhagen, where we'll succeed or fail to get an historic global treaty to stop a climate catastrophe. Our leaders are nowhere near success, they're not even planning on going to Copenhagen. Let's send them a wake up call they won't forget.
Brett, Iain, Graziela, Ricken, Alice, Ben, Paul, Paula, Pascal, Luis, Benji, and the rest of the Avaaz team
Reference
The New York Times reports that climate talks are "badly stalled", with a breakthrough needed this week at the UN heads of state summit: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/science/earth/20nations.html?hp
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