Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon says Now Is the Time to Act on Climate Change
Climate change has been one of my top priorities since the day I took office in 2007. I said then that if we care about our legacy for succeeding generations, this is the time for decisive global action. I have been pleased to see climate change rise on the political agenda and in the consciousness of people worldwide. But I remain alarmed that governments and businesses have still failed to act at the pace and scale needed.
Time is running out. The more we delay, the more we will pay. Climate change is accelerating and human activities are the principal cause, as documented in a series of authoritative scientific reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The effects are already widespread, costly and consequential -- to agriculture, water resources, human health, and ecosystems on land and in the oceans. Climate change poses sweeping risks for economic stability and the security of nations. ...
Later this month, on September 23, I am convening a Climate Summit at the United Nations in New York. The Summit has two goals: to mobilize political will for a meaningful universal agreement at the climate negotiations in Paris in 2015; and to catalyze ambitious action on the ground to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen resilience to the changes that are already happening.
Both the Huffington Post and Daily Kos have been running campaigns to drum up events and support for the "UN's Climate Summit 2014, which will occur on Sept. 23, 2014 at the U.N.
What follows I "borrowed" from boatsie's last post where she does a much better job than I could laying out these graphics and call to join the People's Climate Change March. I support everything she is doing here and everything that follows should be in a big blockquote to her, but it would ruin here great layout. Thanks for doing this for us boatsie.
Save the Date! System Change Not Climate Change
If you're in the New York area for the September 21 People's Climate March, the New York City Climate Convergence is holding an alternative summit between September 19th and 21st, tasked with addressing the "root causes of the climate crises; a social-economic system that values profits above people, planet and peace. As the corporate captured UN proposes false solutions like carbon trading and sets meager greenhouse reduction targets, we will show the world what tackling global warming from the bottom up looks like."
Speakers include Naomi Klein (350.org), Vandana Shiva (Navdanya), Jacqui Patterson (NAACP), and Jill Stein (Global Climate Convergence/Liberty Tree Foundation).
Organizers are looking for volunteers to assist during the conference.
Sign up For the People's Climate March Now!
New York City, Sunday, September 21
Have you signed up yet to participate in the Peoples' Climate March? The September 21 March is being held two days before the UN Climate Summit, where government and corporate leaders will convene to discuss taking action to address climate change.
Tens of thousands are expected to march in New York City and over 700 groups and organizations are participating.
Let's make September a game-changer for the climate movement. Sign up now for a bus, train, or ride shares (or volunteer transport.) Individuals, campuses, churches and organizations are registering to host marchers.
Sign up here!!! --> People's Climate March
