From the Pacific to Copenhagen, donations from GetUp members helped send a group of five impressive young delegates from the Pacific Islands. Their messages have been vital at these talks. They have let the world know their homes are already under urgent threat from climate change.

And their words echoed from an address in the plenary session to interviews with press from around the world. Their stories have helped wake this conference up to the scale of the global challenge we all face together.

We’ve put together this video so you can hear directly from the delegates themselves on why being at COP15 is so important to them, and the countries they represent. Click below to hear directly from Christina, Carlos, Paul, Luana and Rikana.

Reports are coming in that Kevin Rudd has been bullying our Pacific neighbours at the conference – many countries that these young delegates come from. Click here to call Stand up to Rudd the bully.

With so many Heads of State gathered under the one roof, this conference will shape the fate of the world. But as disputes erupt between rich and poor countries the talks are breaking down, jeopardising the world’s chances of reaching the deal it needs to solve the climate crisis.

If Kevin Rudd is to come home with a treaty–one that is fair, ambitious and binding, the only kind all countries can agree to–then Australia needs to be a leader in these negotiations, not a spoiler. Make sure that Kevin Rudd sees your support for climate leadership when he arrives in Copenhagen in 36 hours and meets with NGOs by clicking here to sign our petition:

http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveKyotoSaveADeal

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