Walk against warming
Walk Against Warming is Australia’s biggest community day of action on climate change. Based on the belief that the only way we can be heard on climate change is by standing together, Walk Against Warming provides a powerful voice for ordinary Australians to be counted on the most critical issue of our lifetimes – climate change.
This year, 2009, it’s more crucial than ever that we are heard. In December, world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to negotiate a global agreement on tackling climate change and decide the future of the planet.
Climate change will affect everyone but it is the world’s poorest people in developing countries – those least responsible for causing it – who are already suffering due to climate change and who will continue to be the hardest hit.
To show our political leaders that Australians are deeply concerned about global warming and want strong and swift action to reduce emissions, a global day of action has been called for 12 December, the mid-way point of the negotiations.
Walk Against Warming is Australia’s contribution to the International Day of Action on Climate Change. Taking place in every capital city and regional towns and cities across Australia, Walk Against Warming attracts ordinary Australians who are prepared to stand up for the rights of future generations to a safe climate.
By walking against warming you are calling for: strong and urgent action to ensure a safe climate for future generations – world leaders must ensure the levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere are reduced to less than 350 parts per million, and a global deal that is fair between countries and delivers the policies necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change.
In Sydney, the walk will take place on Saturday 12 December at 1pm in Martin Place to the Royal Botanical Gardens. The other Sydney locations are: North Sydney, Parramatta and Pyrmont. Regional walks will take place at Port Macquarie, Batemans Bay, Bowral, Forster, Gosford, Nelson Bay, Orange, Tweed Coast Villages, Wagga Wagga, Yass and Wollongong. People are encouraged to wear sky-blue shoe laces. For more information, visit: www.walkagainstwarming.org
