Responding Rapidly to Copenhagen
Posted by Leslie on 10 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: climate change
Students are getting involved with climate negotiations in Copenhagen from here in the States! Hundreds have joined the nation-wide Rapid Response Team organized by the Energy Action Coalition: providing a way for the youth delegation in Copenhagen to keep in contact with state-side youth activists.
The latest action was in response to a request by Tuvalu, a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean, for an open conversation about a legally binding deal and a return to 350ppm carbon in the atmosphere. Despite the request only being for the start of a conversation, several larger countries blocked the idea. So the youth delegation in Copenhagen is calling for us to stand with Tuvalu! 
Thalia Patrinos from Walter Johnson High School received a call and responded! A group of Walter Johnson students ate cookies, recruited friends, and called President Obama during lunch. They asked him to protect the future of small island nations and the future of all generations by playing a lead role in a legally binding, scientific based deal that limits carbon pollution to 350 ppm! Go Walter Johnson! Want to join the team? Go to powershift09.org/rapidresponse
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