World Citizens Demand Action at COP15

Friday, 20 November 2009 06:49

A new report, published by The Danish Board of Technology, shows that
citizens from all corners of the world have equally high ambitions for the
upcoming COP15 negotiations: A global climate deal must be sealed in
Copenhagen this December. The report, which is based on the world’s first and
only global citizen consultation ‘World Wide Views on Global Warming’,
outlines nine clear policy recommendations addressed directly to the COP15
negotiators.

The report provides the views of ordinary citizens from China, India, Egypt,
Germany, Uganda, USA, Brazil and 31 other countries around the world on
future climate policy. The results are remarkably consistent across national
income groups and geographical regions. Comparing these results, nine Policy
Recommendations can be clearly deduced showing that world citizens are
willing to go much further than their national politicians indicate in these final
days up to the climate conference. More than 4.000 citizens participated, and
these are their recommendations:Make a deal at COP15

• Keep the temperature increase below 2 degrees
• Annex 1 countries should reduce emissions with 25-40 % or more by
• 2020
• Fast-growing economies should also reduce emissions by 2020
• Low-income developing countries should limit emissions
• Give high priority to an international financial mechanism
• Punish non-complying countries
• Make technology available to everyone
• Strengthen or supplement international institutions

Read the report in full: www.wwviews.org