LL:INFO: Australia wide action on Kyoto

[Friends of the Earth Melbourne]

**PLEASE CIRCULATE
COLOURFUL PROTESTS AUSTRALIA-WIDE CALL ON GOVERNMENT:
"COMMIT TO KYOTO!"

While the official Australian delegation obstructs progress on the Kyoto
Protocol, environmental and social justice groups will hold a variety of
actions and street theatre events around the country this Sunday, July 22nd
to call attention to Australia's dismal performance.

  From the Climate Ark and flotilla in Melbourne to the "Other Umbrella
Group" meeting in Adelaide, the message will be the same: Australia should
commit to a fair and equitable Kyoto Protocol.

A recent survey showed that 80% of Australians want the Kyoto Protocol
ratified without the United States if necessary, the Australian government
has ignored their wishes, instead giving in to powerful lobby groups in the
fossil-fuel industry.
Meanwhile, the impacts of climate change are one of the biggest threats
facing our nearest neighbours in the South Pacific and other vulnerable
non-industrialised countries around the world.

Adelaide: "Other Umbrella Group" meeting. Unlike their planet-destroying
counterparts this Umbrella Group know nuclear power is no solution to
global warming. Victoria Park, Adelaide 12pm.
Contact: Bruce Thompson, Friends of the Earth, 0417 318 368
Roman Orzanski, Friends of the Earth, 08 8211 6460

Brisbane: Get dressed for the wet. Climate campaigners will cruise the
streets in floaties, flippers and wetsuits handing out information on the
effects of climate change. Australia will be one of the countries worst
affected by climate change yet as a nation we still refuse to take the
issue seriously. King George Square, Brisbane, 11am
Contact: Andree Stark, Friends of the Earth, 0414 745 475

Melbourne: Climate Ark and flotilla will sail through the streets of St
Kilda to the Climate Court, where a judge and jury will hear cases of
crimes against the climate. O'Donnell Gardens, St Kilda, 12pm.
Contact: Tristy Fairfield, Friends of the Earth, 0411 220 704

Sydney: Kirribilli House gets a sandbagging to highlight the Prime
Minister's role in obstructing international negotiations. Kirribilli, 11am.
Contact: Kerry Nettle, The Greens, 0402 436 006
Shane Rattenbury, Greenpeace, 0412 485 975

Further details: www.foe.org.au
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