In December 1997, The Federal Government will attend the Kyoto Climate Summit to put its case against Australia adopting binding greenhouse gas omission targets.
A growing number of people, both in Australia and elsewhere, are opposed to the Australian Government's stance on this issue.
The Greens are asking those concerned to put their names to the following statement so that the rest of the world will see that the Australian Government is not representing its people when it argues against binding targets in December.
This declaration has already been signed by more than 6,000 people
"As citizens of Australia and of the Earth, we believe that the consequences of global warming are likely to be horrific for people and for the environment.
We know that it will take a concerted international effort over many decades to avoid the ill-effects of global warming. Yet our Government has failed to take even simple steps to tackle the problem.
We declare that our Government does not represent us when it undermines international efforts to reach agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and claims the right to increase - not decrease - Australia's emissions. We are embarrassed by our Government's stance, which we consider immoral and reprehensible.
We urge all industrialised countries at the Kyoto Climate Convention to commit themselves to uniform and binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions."
Email your support on Bob.Brown@aph.gov.au with "Greenhouse" as the subject and your full name and address as the message before December.