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    Africa: Mandela Leads Global Elders Coalition to Halt Climate Change
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    Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, said: "Climate change is not an abstract or future threat. It is happening now, with damaging consequences. Failure to take meaningful action in Copenhagen will not only fail those who are suffering today, but will also jeopardise the wellbeing of our planet and future generations." In his comment, former President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, said: "Developed nations and fast growing economies like Brazil, China and India must share in the common effort to put the future of the planet before short term profits." Full Article at AllAfrica.com
    Climate change is not an abstract or future threat. It is happening now, with damaging consequences. Failure to take meaningful action in Copenhagen will not only fail those who are suffering today, but will also jeopardise the wellbeing of our planet and future generations.
    Kofi Annan – Kofi Annan SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 3 weeks ago
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Africa: Mandela Leads Global Elders Coalition to Halt Climate Change
  1. First of all we urge all leaders to attend the talks - this is a critical international turning point and its outcomes affect us all. And we urge all leaders to leave behind 'political as usual' with its deals and delaying tactics. Leaders must lead, and do all that is necessary to preserve a livable an...
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 3 weeks ago
  2. Coming generations expect that today's leaders will see the opportunities and take responsibility for a low-emission, sustainable world. We urge all leaders to take action to safeguard our common future; one that requires a new level of shared commitment, based on common, but differentiated responsibili...
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 3 weeks ago
  3. No one is immuned - rich, poor, developed and developing countries. We are all in this together. I will probably be spared the worst effects of climate change but I'm worried for our children's future and for the millions of people who are already being impoverished and displaced.
    Desmond Tutu – Desmond Tutu SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 3 weeks ago
  4. Compromise has its place, but climate change is different. The laws of physics and chemistry do not wait, nor will they compromise. Either Copenhagen sets us on a course of radically reduced greenhouse gas emissions or the future of humanity is in jeopardy.
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 3 weeks ago
  5. Developed nations and fast growing economies like Brazil, China and India must share in the common effort to put the future of the planet before short term profits.
    – Fernando Henrique Cardoso SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 3 weeks ago
  6. Averting climate change is possible, and is much cheaper than living with the consequences. But no meaningful agreement can be reached without the United States. I urge all Americans to think carefully about the fact that our own young people face a harsh and perilous future if nothing is done to stop c...
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 3 weeks ago

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