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ONE hands over Copenhagen petition
ONE’s Eloise Todd (right) hands over our Copenhagen petition to Danish Development Minister Ulla Tørnæs.
As the Copenhagen climate change talks continue the issue of ‘additionality’ is becoming ever more important here. Developing countries, including those in Africa, are increasingly worried that development aid is simply being re-allocated to spend on adapting to the dangerious effects of climate change.
Yesterday I was lucky to meet Danish Development Minister Ulla Tørnæs and I handed over our petition calling on world leaders to stop this dangerous double counting. She promised to pass the petition onto Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who as host of the Copenhagen talks, is one of the people best placed to make this happen.
We’ll also be handing the petition to the US delegation later this week.
A big, big thank you to the more than 80,000 of you who have now signed the petition. With your help we’re really helping raise awareness of this critical issue.
World leaders are now beginning to arrive here in Copenhagen and the pace of negotiations is heating up. We’ll be closely following developments throughout the rest of week to see what happens.
Eloise
P.S. To find out more about the issue of additionality and why it is so important check out the post from ONE’s Jo Powell who looks into it in more detail.
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16/12/2009 at 12:45 pm
Fantastic. We are with you. Plz keep it up.
Wish you all the best.
MNA Siddiqu
17/12/2009 at 5:22 pm
one is doing great job.congrats and with best wishes from a man of developing world , india.
we know how much painful the poverty is as a lot of our countrymen suffer. we want all the
rich people should help the poor.
19/12/2009 at 7:59 am
i’m honestly very relieved to hear this news. From the day i discovered a petition for climate change’s actions in COP on One, i spent time sending messages about this to acquaintances for them to sign in. However, that’s not important now that it comes to actually making serious acts. Hope they ‘ll do well.
19/12/2009 at 2:35 pm
Well done! Is there still a possibility to signt that or a similar petition?
Of course climate change is a serious topic, but so is poverty and economical justice in the world
Martina
I am from Germany, but have been living 7 years in a poor country, in Peru, working and doing my best there in NGO-Projects (some of them initiated by ourselves) against poverty, lack of health and education.
And have lived in own flesh natural and economical desasters like eartquake, hyperinflation, hunger, diseases.
Dr. Siddharta, it is not only about rich ones helping the poor but stop exploitation of poorer countries and their people, it is also a question of justice.
21/12/2009 at 6:43 pm
Well done Eloise. I live here in Copenhagen and I happen to know that the decision maker in this sort of thing is the minister of foreign affairs, Mr. Per Stig Møller, a conservative member of the government. He is the senior menister in this area.
Thank you
21/12/2009 at 6:49 pm
We tried our best to be heared and the cry is even louder, we will not tire but keep on knocking on the doors of those who hold the key to Climate change Adaptation and Mitigations’ best deal for all of us, most especially the Developing countries.
21/12/2009 at 6:51 pm
The descent into desperate last minute horse trading in Copenhagen demonstrated clearly the need to change the nature of the conversation. How do we move this on from being a negotiation beteween the rich and poor nations into agreement on what is required to avert the crisis and action to achieve this?
21/12/2009 at 7:38 pm
With many intrested, I read the comments.
I agree that rich people have to help the poor.
But I do question the role of governments in corruption.
I can not help feeling that withdrawal, see elections in Afganistan, Iraq,Iran Russia, Venezuela and a lot of African countries, the money made available by the “rich” countries, is used for its intended purpose.
Why India has to have their own space program. Collboration with Nasa and Esa on equivalant basis might well as well have done.
The world has become much smaller and no longer modern countries colonize.
21/12/2009 at 8:03 pm
ساعدونا
نريد فقط أن نعيش
Help us
We just want to live
21/12/2009 at 8:29 pm
Jan, not only the rich countries have to help the poor, but one step further: The rich countries have to accept and agree conditions that give the poorer countries the chance to help themselves and to develop up to the level of the industrial countries. And the first step would be equal voice and votes in summits like the one in Copenhagen of the G8, G20 summits etc.
A bit off topic: I am very happy that I have joined ONE and find it very very positive and interesting to exchange thoughts and ideas here with you guys and people from all over the world with the aim to open new perspectives and paths for one world. I am german, but have been living in Ireland, Tunisia, Peru, Morocco and England and am working and have been working not only in development projects but also as a social worker for migrants from all over the world in my country.
Martina
21/12/2009 at 8:30 pm
My deepest respects to you, Eloise.
It is good to see someone out there showing compassion and integrity.
That is why we can win this; with or without our “leaders”.
21/12/2009 at 8:31 pm
Mohamed, in which country do you live?
21/12/2009 at 11:15 pm
Another nice one… Thanks! Eloise!
22/12/2009 at 2:56 am
ES INCREIBLE QUE SE IMPONGAN LOS INTERESES COMERCIALES Y ECONÓMICOS A LOS INTERESES DE LA CONSERVACIÓN DEL UNICO LUGAR DEL UNIVERSO DONDE NOSOTROS VIVIMOS. LA BARBARIE DE ESTOS SRES. IGNORANTES Y AMBICIOSOS NO PUEDE SEGUIR GANANDO TERRENO. TENEMOS QUE SEGUIR FIRMES DEMANDANDO EL FIN DE LOS INTERESES DE ESTOS DESTRUCTORES.
22/12/2009 at 8:27 am
Politicians will talk, and poor people will die.It is the last minute to DO SOMETHING.
22/12/2009 at 9:10 am
Patricia, siempre fué así, es el primer y principal interes del capital, de las empresas multinacionales y sus lobbies y marionetas. Ellos solo ven su ganancia, ven como llenarse los propios bolsillos. Y mientras siguen así, no les interesa ni la protección de la naturaleza, ni los seres humanos y todo que vive en esta tierra.
A veces espero que aprendemos más de los indígenas en el mundo. Ellos viven CON la naturaleza, y no la explotan o destruyen.
Ojalá haya un cambio en este mundo. Es asunto de todos nosotros, de nuestras generaciones, para conservar la naturaleza y combatir pobreza para ahora y las futuras generaciones.
22/12/2009 at 9:58 am
Dobra robota Eloise. Gratuluję i czekamy na dalsze dobre wiadomości
22/12/2009 at 10:46 am
We’ll keep on going!
Het is een regelrechte schande dat er geen bindende afspraken zijn gemaakt in Kopenhagen. Het typeert de houding en de macht van een stel corrupte en slappe politici. We gaan door!
22/12/2009 at 2:38 pm
I hope that sanity will prevail for the politicians to see the gravity of the effect of climatic change.
22/12/2009 at 4:38 pm
i am very happy to hear so many people talking. we should talk more and try to make a safe planet.we people of south asia are endangered species now as our children might not be able to stay on their land.the greed of whole world will help us to turn into sea animal.
thanks.
dr siddhartha, an indian
22/12/2009 at 4:44 pm
i am very happy to hear so many people talking. we should talk more and try to make a safe planet.we people of south asia are endangered species now as our children might not be able to stay on their mother land.The greed of whole world will help us to turn into sea animal.
thanks.
dr siddhartha, an indian
23/12/2009 at 1:26 am
Debemos pensar en el lugar donde vivirán nuestros hijos, nietos, etc. Debemos luchar ahora!!!
We must to think in the place that our children will live, our granchildren, etc. We must to fight now!!!
23/12/2009 at 3:41 am
Keep up the good work…. your efforts are precious to those who needed. Bless you tremendously Eloise and to ONE. All the best and HAVE A VERY WARM WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS. HAPPY HOLIDAY….
23/12/2009 at 8:04 am
Dr. Siddharta, talking more between us is just my idea. Maybe all of us posters here can build up a world-wide email network to stay in touch and see what we can do beside supporting ONE´s activities. All uf us have knowledge and talents which may be useful to make this planet a place worth to live on.
If anyone here is interested in that, just mail me: gringa2pe@yahoo.co.uk. I am german, but have been living and working in Tunisia, Morocco, Peru, Ireland and UK. And am still working in some international projects.
Martina
23/12/2009 at 8:46 pm
SWEET
24/12/2009 at 12:32 am
Great work Eloise
24/12/2009 at 2:17 am
Martina, I live in Egypt
24/12/2009 at 7:45 am
Salaam aleikum, Mohamed, and many greetings to Egypt.
It is so great to see you and all people here from so many countries in the world supporting ONE and caring about our world and trying to do something. If you like to, just email me, so we can join all our ideas and see what we can do together.
My email address was: gringa2pe@yahoo.co.uk
Martina
27/12/2009 at 4:33 am
Congratulations from Chile, South america.
We will always support the defense of human rights, and the earth is our first right and our first care!
Lets fight with our best feelings and senses for this cause.
Greetings to the world
27/12/2009 at 9:07 am
Y muchos saludos para ti, Maria Eliana, desde Alemania. Pienso que el clima es un asunto que afecta a todos nosotros. He vivido en Peru y he visitado tu lindo país Chile varias veces. Y tembién estuve en contacto con gente que se preocupa del medio ambiente en Chile, Peru, Ecuador y Bolivia.
Martina
29/12/2009 at 5:20 pm
Great!
We have to keep trying, and make a real difference. Climate change and economical justice will should be our first care.
Congratulations from Colombia, South America.