The Climate Satyagraha Camp coalition (CSCC), a group of several big NGOs like Greepeace, Oxfam India and WWF as its members, today organised a rally from Rajghat to Parliament street here and a signature campaign to press for a ''fair, ambitious and legally binding treaty to avert catastrophic climate change.''
Archbishop of Delhi Vincent Concesseo while flagging off the six km rally said, ''The time for everyone to act is now - especially the leadership.''
Saying that people are not going to accept anything short of a real deal as an outcome of the Copenhagen talks, Climate Satyagraha Camp coalition Spokesperson Ajay Mahajan, while talking to UNI, said developed countries are responsible for the grave situation the world is facing today so ''the onus is on them to lead the world out of this crisis.''
He said, ''The people in western countries living completely a wasteful life. The way they live, it will need many earths to sustain their lifestyle.'' They go around in big cars, travel so much in planes and use much more resources than they are required to lead life, he added.
''In America, for example, there is no rail network to commute between two cities. They travel by plane even if they have to go to a neighbouring state. They are so much dependent on oil and it is pretty obvious why they are so much after oil fields,'' Mr Mahajan said.
The campaign was organised in 14 cities across the country. Around 30 thousand people including civil society groups, artists, and youngsters from schools and colleges signed and wrote their message on the 700 metre long banner unfurled by the CSCC, which they called 'Fabric of Hope' on the Global Day of Action.
The banner will become part of the ''sign a real deal'' wall at the Climate Satyagraha Camp at the Constitution Club from December 13 onwards.
''In America, for example, there is no rail network to commute between two cities. They travel by plane even if they have to go to a neighbouring state. They are so much dependent on oil and it is pretty obvious why they are so much after oil fields,'' Mr Mahajan said.
The campaign was organised in 14 cities across the country. Around 30 thousand people including civil society groups, artists, and youngsters from schools and colleges signed and wrote their message on the 700 metre long banner unfurled by the CSCC, which they called 'Fabric of Hope' on the Global Day of Action.
The banner will become part of the ''sign a real deal'' wall at the Climate Satyagraha Camp at the Constitution Club from December 13 onwards.
Global Climate Campaign member Naveen Mishra said, ''Millions of people in India are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Our monsoons are being hit, and so are our glaciers receding rapidly. We cannot squander this opportunity to avert runaway climate change. Our message to the 120-odd Heads of State who would arrive next week in Copenhagen is loud and clear: The time to change the future is now.''
Advising that India should change its attitude towards climate issues Mr Mahajan asserted that rather than 'adapting' from western countries it should make its own efforts to 'mitigate' the effects of carbon emission on the environment.
When asked if he wanted to extend any message on behalf of the coalition to the leaders meeting in Copenhagen Mr Mahajan said, ''No business as usual while our climate and planet is in peril. The deal should be about people and nature and not about emission, omission and commission.''
When asked if he wanted to extend any message on behalf of the coalition to the leaders meeting in Copenhagen Mr Mahajan said, ''No business as usual while our climate and planet is in peril. The deal should be about people and nature and not about emission, omission and commission.''
''They should not get lost in jargons, denials, lies and unnecessary arguments. Reality of climate change should not lose behind these arguments and jargons,'' he added.
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