After two weeks of hard negotiation between nearly 200 countries the United Nations Climate Change Conference ultimately failed to deliver.
 
©IRIN/Shamsuddin Ahmed
©IRIN/Shamsuddin Ahmed
The result of the conference, the ‘Copenhagen Accord’, was a non-binding agreement to act on climate change that lacks any specific targets for emissions reductions and no provisions for the legal protection of those displaced by climate change.

With only a short time left before leaders meet again at the next summit, it’s up to us to send a clear message that we demand action now.

Send your message now

This letter will be emailed to the Prime Minister David Cameron, Chinese President Hu Jintao, US President Barack Obama, European Council President Herman van Rompuy and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and their relevant Ministers asking them to fulfil their unique leadership potential.

Please feel free to add a personal message to the letter to make it stand out. Be bold and clear in your asks and please remember to be polite!

 

To: Prime Minister David Cameron; President Hu Jintao; President Barack Obama; European Council President Herman van Rompuy; Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
CC: Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu; Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Hon. Jairam Ramesh; Minister of Environmental Protection, Hon. Zhou Shengxian

Dear World Leader,

As a global citizen I would like to express my concern about the outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Climate change represents a serious social, economic and environmental threat and action must be taken on it now.

A non-binding agreement to address climate change, without specific targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions or a legally-binding instrument to protect those displaced by climate change, simply is not enough.

During the final negotiations before the next climate change summit in Cancun, I urge you to take a leadership role to tackle the causes of climate change. I urge you to embrace the opportunities that will arise from the expansion of green technologies and alternative economic approaches.

Your position, first and foremost, calls for you to act in the best interests of the people who you represent.

With no greater threat to lives and livelihoods than climate change, your responsibilities could be no clearer: you must take bold action on climate change and you must take it now.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

[Your name will go here]