Emergency climate petition

The climate summit in Bali has reached crisis point. Here is stuff from Avaaz.org:

Working late, negotiators were nearing consensus that developed countries should pledge post-Kyoto emissions cuts by 2020 - a step which the scientists say is needed to avert the worst ravages of global warming, and which will help to bring China and the developing world onboard. But then the news broke: the US, Canada and Japan rejected any mention of such cuts. Every few hours the draft changes.

We can't let three governments hold the world to ransom: so we're launching a global emergency petition before the summit climax in 48 hours. We'll deliver our message every way we can - a stark full-page advertisement in the Financial Times Asia, stunts at the conference gates, direct to country delegations - telling Canada, Japan and the US to accept the option of post-Kyoto targets, and the rest of the world to settle for nothing less.

Please take a moment right now to sign the new global emergency petition -- the text is in the box above, so click this link to sign automatically if you've taken action with us before - then tell all your friends: www.avaaz.org/bali_emergency/5.php

This article here explains a bit of what's going on. The New Scientist has more detail here. It could also be worth revisiting Al Gores speech here.