Australian People's Declaration on Global Warming

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 <197>
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 Change
Convention to commit themselves to uniform and binding targets
for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

To sign the petition over the Net simply email with "greenhouse" 
as the subject heading and your name in the message. Please 
include the name of your organisation if you are signing on its 
behalf.

To obtain a hard copy of the petition contact Cath Moore at the
Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown's office Ph: (06) 277 3170.