UNAC Toronto

Toronto – The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is convening a Summit on Climate Change – 22 September 2009 – to focus Heads of State and Government on the need for urgent action, and to mobilize the highest level political to reach a fair, effective, and scientifically ambitious global climate deal at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December 2009. With the third record hottest summer recorded in the arctic confirming that climate change issues could be worse than previously predicted.

It is urgent for Canadians to urge our local politicians to help us to ensure December’s UN summit, due to create a new global climate treaty to supplant the Kyoto Protocol, is a fair process. However, preparatory talks are fueled by dissension on how much to cut greenhouse gas emissions; confusion on how to finance climate protection; or how to define carbon trading. The United Nations Association in Canada, Toronto Regional Branch wants to engage you in an active dialogue about what can we do locally. Let us continue spreading the facts and news on:

Climate Voices Day, Thursday September 24th at Queen’s Park, 4-6pm

• Join the global chorus calling on world leaders to act now to protect people and the planet, and to power green growth. Have your voice heard on climate change and acknowledge the heroes and victims of climate change, as well as the individuals and groups who are taking positive action to combat climate change in their communities.
• Nominate your local climate champ at www.sealthedeal2009.org
• Record your testimonial of how climate change is affecting you at the Climate Wall

We will discuss next steps to promote in Toronto and in Ontario an action plan and nominate our provincial and Toronto climate champions. For more details, please visit www.unep.org & www.sealthedeal2009.org, an online petition. We need show our support in favour of a definitive agreement on climate change by signing the Climate Petition.

Our keynote speaker is Georgina Bencsik, a trained presenter for the Climate Project Canada, led by Al Gore. Mr. Gore personally trained 250 Canadians to deliver a presentation similar to one in the Academy Award winning documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth.’ from a Canadian perspective. A CBC radio interview last May aired several times in June regarding Ms. Bencsik’s advocacy concerning children becoming environmental stewards and learning about sustainability, as they are our future when she did presentations in Uxbridge to over 1400 high school students. Georgina Bencsik, is known for her work on many environmental, finance, human rights and infrastructure initiatives includes Ontario Campaign Cabinet, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Equal Voice, an organization supportive of women wanting to go into politics; Governor of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, and having former involvement on the Governing Council (Academic Board) University of Toronto.

Seal the Deal Global climate week flyer

Go Green! on 22 September

Road to Copenhagen calendar

For further information and to RSVP, please contact:

Ms Georgina Bencsik, Certified Presenter and former National Manager
Climate Project Canada,
416-258-9581
www.twitter.com/georginabencsik
mail@georginabencsik.ca

Ms. Melinda Rooke, Director
United Nations Association in Canada, Toronto
www.to.unac.org
melindarooke@gmail.com
416-859-9969