Cork Joins Global Wake-Up Call

cork | environment | event notice Friday September 18, 2009 14:19 by Nickibopp - Cork Food Web

demanding a fair and binding Climate Treaty in Copenhagen this December

Flash mob by Cork residents to sound the alarm

Cork-- At 1.20pm on Monday 21stSeptember residents and visitors to Cork will gather in Daunt Square for a fun, peaceful, “flash mob”. As synchronized phone alarms sound, people will hold their phones in the air and come together to take a photograph before joining other groups around the globe in sending a flood of phone calls to world leaders urging climate action.

Over 1000 similar events will be held in more than 88 countries to deliver a resounding wake-up call to world leaders before they meet in New York on September 22 for critical climate talks.
Polls show 90% of people worldwide see climate change as a serious problem. Experts say a UN climate pact in Copenhagen in December risks failure unless world leaders revive bogged-down negotiations this week.

"The idea of a global climate wake-up call got going just a few weeks ago, and it's snowballing into a massive mobilisation of millions around the world who want leaders to do more to stop runaway climate change," said an Avaaz.org member from Cork.

"Cork residents are taking part to help show the huge level of public concern that climate talks move far and fast enough to deliver a deal that will avert climate catastrophe and unleash a new green economy."

A broad coalition of major environmental and anti-poverty organisations as well as faith, civic and youth networks - called the TCKTCKTCK campaign for the ticking-clock urgency of climate change - is backing the campaign effort.
Film and photographs from the day's event will be compiled and shown to world leaders and at the US premiere of climate film Age of Stupid, to be shown in 400+ theatres simultaneously. Audiences will also take part in flooding their government with calls to get climate talks on track and deliver a "fair ambitious and binding" new climate treaty.
WHAT: Global Climate Wake-Up Call in Cork

WHEN: Monday September 21 at 1.20pm

WHERE: Daunt Square

To see full map of global wake-up call events and sign up to attend one near you: http://www.avaaz.org/en/tcktcktck_map

The TckTckTck campaign is a broad alliance of faith and youth groups, trade unions and non-governmental organisations including Avaaz.org, Greenpeace, 350.org, Oxfam and WWF calling for a new international climate treaty that is fair, ambitious and binding. Well over 1 million individuals have already pledged support online: http://www.tcktcktck.org