Press for Peace UK (September 2009:Press For Peace is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental research and advocacy organization. It was established in 1999 in Jammu and Kashmir as a platform to provide advocacy, research, education and networking in peace, human rights and environment related issues. Together with other civil society organizations around the globe, Press for Peace (PFP) concentrates on fundamental issues of today and identifies ways and means to address these issues.Climate change is a serious threat to the well-being of God's creation. There is now widespread international consensus that the atmosphere is warming as a result of human activity, and that this is likely to have far reaching environmental, social and economic consequences. If the rate of burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) continues to grow as currently planned, the climate next century is likely to change at a rate greater than that experienced on Earth at any time during the last 10,000 years. Industrialised countries are the main source of these emissions, but the people most seriously affected will be those in developing countries, for instance those in low lying areas.
Global Climate Week is planned to coincide with the United Nations Secretary-General's High Level Summit on Climate Change on 22 September 2009.This important week and the lead-up weekend will be marked by synchronized activities in more than 100 cities to urge world leaders to seal a fair and effective climate agreement at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen this December.Press for Peace also signs the petition at (Seal the Deal http://www.sealthedeal2009.org)%20on/ Global Climate Week 21-25 September 2009 and strongly urged the wealthy and industrialised countries to stop green house gases emission. What we’re lacking is real action. The governments need to put in place meaningful policies to urgently reduce emissions and to act on them immediately.
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