Getting ready for Poznan

In a week where leaders from the world's religious traditions have signed a manifesto urging tough action on climate change and the destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has accelerated for the first time in four years, I’ve been waiting for news about Poznan,

In a week where an opinion poll in 11 countries has produced what organisers term a "global mandate" for action on climate change because about half of the respondents wanted governments to play a major role in curbing emissions, but only a quarter said their leaders were doing enough, I’ve been hoping for more media profile on Poznan.

The question that hangs in the air is… Poznan? What’s going on there and exactly who will take the responsibility for action and when will leaders pull together and lead?

This week the UK was set to make history last night when the climate change bill received royal assent and brought into law the world's first legally binding targets for a nation to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. Sounds promising but what does it mean? What’s the deal? How will the population of the UK prepare – will everybody be corralled into unilateral CO2 restrictions. This could be a democratic disaster when so many people are still so unaware of the problem… I’ve been waiting for news about Poznan,

There is little time to make difference… I am hopeful that information, guidance, technologies and logical strategies for behaviour change will be communicated soon so that we can be involved in the process – after all it’s only the planetary environment for human survival that’s at stake and I’d have thought that by nature people are far happier being involved and engaged rather than having pre prescribed ‘solutions’ imposed on them. Poznan?

Any way… despite the almost total absence of news coverage… next week the world will meet at Poznan to talk about the many facets of Global Climate Change.  I don’t care that it’s the ‘warm up’ meeting to the talks in Copenhagen next year – we don’t have the luxury of further months of waiting… I can’t wait for news and insight into the action; I’m a mum with a future generation to protect – the voice of children in a changing climate is important and it needs representing – which is why I will be going to Poznan.

Sources BBC Guardian... The news is out there if you look for it... Get involved - nothing is bigger than this.