tcktcktck — Copenhagen 7 Dec 09 | The World Is Ready

This is the press release from TckTckTck partner Avaaz about our joint “Global Climate Wake Up Call"

For immediate release / Avaaz.org

World Awaits Outcome of UN Climate Summit

As leaders gather in New York today for a critical head of state summit on climate change, participants in yesterday's Global Climate Wake Up Call wait to discover if they've been heard.

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As I pointed out in an earlier article today there was a huge amount traditional media reports generated today for TckTckTck and the Global Climate Wake Up Call.

As many of you know though, I live for the online buzz and today the blogosphere was nuts for the Wake Up Call and Tweeters were all a-Twitter.

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Today has shown us one thing, as reports, photos, and videos stream in from around the world, that the global climate movement we have been waiting for is here and ready to demand action from world leaders. We didn't expect this kind of a response, as two weeks ago, we were expecting a fairly modest (We thought it was big at the time!) turnout of a couple hundred events in a few dozen countries.

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As many as 1,500 events for the great global climate wake-up call are taking place on Sept 21 (today), including 153 in Brazil, 95 in France, and 26 in New Zealand. In Pakistan, two events have been organised in Karachi, one in Hyderabad and one in Islamabad.

The campaign is spearheaded by Avaaz.org, an independent, not-for-profit global campaigning organisation, that works to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people inform global decision-making.

Source: The International News

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The Global Wake Up Call kicked off a few hours ago in Asia, with hundreds of events from across the continent, from Afghanistan to Japan. Here are a few highlights from the past few hours:

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A 'flash mob' has been organised by green activists in a Berkshire town to highlight climate change.

Dozens of people in Reading are due to hold their phones in the air and take a group photograph before calling on world leaders to take action.

The event has been organised by Avaaz.org, a new global web movement set up to "mobilise people to affect international decision-making".

People will gather at the John Lewis store clock at 1710 BST on Monday.

Source: BBC

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Karachi - As many as 1,500 events for the great global climate wake-up call are taking place on Sept 21 (today), including 153 in Brazil, 95 in France, and 26 in New Zealand. In Pakistan, two events have been organised in Karachi, one in Hyderabad and one in Islamabad.

The campaign is spearheaded by Avaaz.org, an independent, not-for-profit global campaigning organisation, that works to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people inform global decision-making.

Source: The News - International

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BAHRAIN'S residents are being invited to give "a wake up call" to world leaders for further action on climate change.

They are being urged to attend a gathering today at Bahrain City Centre at 4.30pm.

Participants will all hold their phones in the air at a specific time and come together to be photographed and filmed as they join other groups around the globe.

The picture and clip will be sent to world leaders by a US-based global network of environmental activists spearheading the campaign.

Source: Gulf Daily News

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At 12:18 pm on Monday, September 21, people around the world will kick-off Global Climate Change Week in New York City by making some noise, ringing a bell, banging a gong, clanging cymbals, hollering, etc. to urge leaders to take bold action. Mark your calendars. As the UN Assembly meets, 9/21-26, in preparation for COP15, concern mounts that the political quagmire will mean a repeat of Kyoto's negligible results.

Source: TreeHugger

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