To: [email protected] Subject: Don't Double Count Aid at Copenhagen From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:40:04 -0800 Care2 subscriber since Oct 28, 2009 Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend | Take Action Let's Keep the Copenhagen Summit Honest: Don't Double Count Aid Forward to friends >> Hi Hulisani, The poorest parts of the world will be hit first and worst by climate change, and many leaders are rightfully promising to help people living in extreme poverty adapt to the strain of global warming. This sounds great, but unfortunately, on closer examination, it turns out most of this money could be double counted--it's money that has already been promised as development aid. Don't let leaders double count aid dollars >> In other words, some governments want to stretch their much-needed development funding twice as far to try and cover the new challenges presented by climate change. This dangerous double counting needs be exposed -- and it needs to stop >> Sadly too many times in the past, multibillion dollar pledges have in fact involved double and even triple counting of pre-existing promises, leaving people in developing countries no better off. Such behaviour in Copenhagen will only compound the injustice already being perpetrated by climate change, and further question the integrity of developed industrialised nations in the eyes of the rest of the developing world. Ask Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen to take the lead as host of the Copenhagen climate change summit in December and set a standard for climate change financing to be transparent and additional to current aid commitments >> Thank you, LiAnna Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team Take action link: http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFsb9/zJ5q/bUu5a To stop receiving this newsletter, visit: http://www.care2.com/newsletters/unsub/3/0/44469888/2850a429 or send a blank email message to: [email protected] Care2.com, Inc. 275 Shoreline Drive, Suite 300 Redwood City, CA 94065 http://www.care2.com _________________________________________________________________ New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more. http://windows.microsoft.com/shop --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Sending your posting to [email protected] Unsubscribe by sending an email to [email protected] You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
