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Australia plays a significant role in the climate negotiations in Copenhagen, but the deal that our negotiators push for could be compromised by Tony Abbott’s irresponsible climate scare campaign back home. To learn more, check out our latest video straight from the Copenhagen climate conference.

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Check out our first video direct from Copenhagen:

Click here for a transcript of the video (pdf)

Want to know more about the policies they’re discussing ?

Check out our Day1 update and the update from Day2.

Just hours ago printers started running wild in Copenhagen with the leaking of tightly held negotiating text that rich countries have been writing. In summary: it’s a bad news for the climate – but it is far from locked in. There is no mention of the 25-40% reductions that scientists say are required, and nothing is legally binding.
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The theme for GetUp’s next two weeks is a saying we’ve actually been using around the office for the last few years – just make it FABulous!
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This editorial calling for action from world leaders on climate change was published yesterday by 56 newspapers around the world in 20 languages – but no Australian media ran this piece, so we’re bringing it to you direct from Copenhagen.

Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial. We do so because humanity faces a profound emergency.
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What’s it really like to be on the ground in Copenhagen and attending COP15? GetUp/350 Australia Organiser Emily Mulligan shares her thoughts on what it’s like at this crucial conference.
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This compelling video was played to delegates and marked the opening of the 15th Conference of the Parties on Monday 7th December.

‘The clock has ticked down to zero. After two years of negotiations, the time has come to deliver…Copenhagen will only be a success if it delivers significant and immediate action that begins the day the conference ends.’ Opening statement by Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

World leaders need to know the consequences of the decisions they make at Copenhagen.

We found passionate, articulate and knowledgeable Pacific Islanders to share their personal stories about the impacts of climate change, but neither they (nor their governments) could afford to send them to the negotiations.
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A successful day of climate action in Canberra, with a fantastic speech from our alternative Kevin Rudd – saying what we’d all like the real PM to say. An incredible effort by our amazing volunteers to speak to their MPs and push for a fair, binding and ambitious approach to climate change and Australia’s stance in Copenhagen.