Comments on: Tell Harper: Stop Blocking UN Climate Talks http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2007/12/11/tell-harper-stop-blocking-un-climate-talks .: science : activism : social justice :. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:11:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: matthew http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2007/12/11/tell-harper-stop-blocking-un-climate-talks#comment-49257 matthew Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:04:13 +0000 http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2007/12/11/tell-harper-stop-blocking-un-climate-talks#comment-49257 After huge pressure, both from within Canada and abroad, Harper was forced to back down at the end of the Bali climate negotiations. Avaaz is <a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/another_canadian_climate_crime/" rel="nofollow">declaring "we won"</a>, and <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071215.wbalidealyork1215/BNStory/International/home" rel="nofollow">the globe and mail</a> is also covering the story. Thank you to everyone who signed the petition, called Harper, or worked on the campaign here or in Bali. Personally I don't think we will have won until the international climate talks stop being a constant battle just to prevent the governments of the world from moving backwards. We pour all our efforts into simply keeping the process from going off the rails, when what we really need to be doing is coming together as a world to actually deal with climate change rather than petty politics and big oil's stranglehold on our democracy. After huge pressure, both from within Canada and abroad, Harper was forced to back down at the end of the Bali climate negotiations. Avaaz is declaring “we won”, and the globe and mail is also covering the story. Thank you to everyone who signed the petition, called Harper, or worked on the campaign here or in Bali.

Personally I don’t think we will have won until the international climate talks stop being a constant battle just to prevent the governments of the world from moving backwards. We pour all our efforts into simply keeping the process from going off the rails, when what we really need to be doing is coming together as a world to actually deal with climate change rather than petty politics and big oil’s stranglehold on our democracy.

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