Your participation is urgently needed in the Ottawa-Gatineau Climate Assembly.


Dear Friends,

The climate crisis is in full swing. Yet, George Bush and Stephen Harper's idea of "action" on climate change is to dramatically increase greenhouse gas pollution. In fact, Bush and Harper are doing everything they can to derail the Kyoto Protocol and sabotage any progress towards real cuts in emissions. They did it this summer at the G8 Summit in Germany. They did it again at the recent APEC Summit, hosted by their staunch climate-killing ally, Australian Prime Minister John Howard. They hope to do it again this December at the upcoming UN climate conference in Bali, Indonesia. In fact, Harper, Bush, and several other countries are meeting this week to plan how they can derail the talks in Bali. We can't let them get away with it.

People will take to the streets to demand action on climate change in at least 60 countries on December 8. Join in building the movement locally here in the Ottawa-Gatineau region, with the formation of an umbrella coalition to coordinate mass demonstrations to stop climate chaos. This planning meeting will be an important step towards building the biggest climate change demonstration Ottawa has ever seen, and to learn more about grassroots climate efforts in Canada and around the world. We will soon be issuing a call to action based on the draft below for circulation across the country. If you are part of an organization that hasn't signed on yet, please consider doing so. We need to save the climate if we're going to save the world.


Ottawa-Gatineau Climate Assembly
7PM. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2007
LOCATION: (TO BE CONFIRMED)

Organized by ACT for the Earth.

www.ACTfortheEarth.org/climatechaos - 613-859-6996

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SAVE THE CLIMATE
SAVE THE WORLD

Global Day of Action
December 8, 2007

George W. Bush, Stephen Harper, and their allies continue to stall and stonewall, as the world burns. Time is running out to avert a climate catastrophe, and we can't leave action on climate change in their hands any longer. And so, people around the world are preparing for the largest planetary day of action yet to stop climate chaos. It's up to us now.

On December 8, people in over 60 countries around the globe will take to the streets to confront the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. The worldwide mobilization will coincide with the UN Climate Talks in Bali, Indonesia, which run from December 3rd to 14th 2007. These talks are known as the MOP 3, COP 13: the third Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the thirteenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework on Climate Change. Negotiations on deeper emissions cuts after 2012, when the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol will come to an end, are expected to dominate the conference. These talks will mark a crucial turning point for the planet.

To ensure that world leaders take the urgent and resolute action that is needed to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate, there is an overwhelming need to create a groundswell of global opinion to push for the urgent and radical action on climate change. We are calling on individuals and organizations to rise to the challenge. We need to take to the streets across Canada in greater numbers than ever, to send a strong message to the federal government: Stop Climate Chaos!

December 8 could be the demonstration the world has been waiting for. Will you be a part of it?


Visit www.actfortheearth.org/climatechaos for listings of December 8 actions across Canada and www.globalclimatecampaign.org for actions around the world.