WWViews 26.9.2009

On September 26, 2009, World Wide Views on Global Warming (WWViews) will give citizens all over the world a possibility to define and communicate their positions on issues and questions central to the negotiations at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, starting two months later.

Decisions made at COP15 will shape the global climate policy for years to come. Furthermore, citizens of the world have to live with global warming and this future climate policy, which is why they should be consulted before political decision-makers negotiate at the COP15.

In their Letter of Support, The United Nations Development Program says that "... citizens, businesses, and non-governmental organizations need to engage in identifying and implementing the right solutions. World Wide Views can help bring that change about."

And this is what WWViews will do: engage citizens and bring forward their views through citizen consultations in 46 countries all over the world. During these consultations citizens will deliberate and vote on some of the questions negotiated at the COP15.

Fund and sponsor the World Wide Views on Global Warming
The success of this project grows with the number of countries part of it. Funding and sponsorships will give more citizens in countries with few resources the opportunity to express their views. Several of our national partners are dependent upon funds raised in advance in order for them to fully participate. We will therefore be happy to receive funds and sponsorships in order to give these countries the opportunity to fully participate in WWViews. 

Send a global message

We encourage national and international press along with other interested parties to follow World Wide Views on Global Warming, to report the process, and to make citizens' views on future climate policy known to political decision-makers anywhere on the globe.

 

http://www.wwviews.org/