This Reuters news report covers the hand-over ceremony of our Climate Justice petition held in Copenhagen, during the climate summit, on 13 December. 512,984 people signed up to global campaigns run by the Catholic networks of development agencies Caritas Internationalis & CIDSE and the Countdown to Co2penhagen campaign, joining forces to demand a fair, effective and binding climate change agreement in Copenhagen.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu handed over their signatures and pledges for Climate Justice to Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC Executive Secretary. On the stage, Southern climate experts including CIDSE partners Elizabeth Peredo (Fundación Solón - Bolivia) and Nafisa dSouza (Laya Resource Centre - India) shared their concrete expertise in dealing with the impacts of climate change in the South.
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