At long last, Australia has received the “Fossil of the Day”. The Climate Action Network’s (in)famous award for the worst-behaving nation at the COP15 negotiations was delivered today in an awards ceremony reminiscent of the Oscars. Sadly, the glitz and glamour was not to celebrate Australia being F.A.B., but to commiserate to our leaders’ attempts to strong-arm Pacific nations into accepting weak emissions targets.
GetUp felt that we should do our best to mark the occasion with a special ceremony here in Australia. Sick of copping criticisms for playing the bully in Copenhagen, Kevin Rudd rushed back home to accept the award from the international climate change movement.
A small crowd gathered to hear Mr Rudd accept the award, including many real fossils, at the Australian Museum. Mr Rudd feigned shock and surprise as his country’s name was read out from the Fossil-shaped card.
GetUp, however, are surprised it has taken climate groups so long to discover that Australia is pushing the diplomatic envelope at COP15. If the countries whose leaders he has been talking to, such as Tuvalu, were to accept his emissions reduction targets, their nations all-but disappear from the map. And this from the highest per capita polluter in the world!
With just one day left to produce a Fair, Ambitious and Binding agreement at Copenhagen, GetUp members have been making calls to the real Mr. Rudd, and Minister for Climate Change Penny Wong, to convince them to lead us into a safe climate future. Lets make this our last fossil!
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