"The scientists say an emissions reduction target of 40% by 2020 is needed. Anything else is flim flam," said Lucy Lawless. "100,000 Kiwis have already signed on to 40% by 2020 and John Key needs to listen. A government belongs to its people -not the other way round."
Green-loving Kiwi celebs want your signatures
Actresses Lucy Lawless and Keisha Castle-Hughes sported blue casts on their arms to help launch a climate campaign in Auckland today.
The cast, which had the slogan, "Come on John, Sign On" written across it, aims to urge the Government to adopt a 40 percent emissions reduction target by 2020.
The Sign On campaign has already attracted nearly 100,000 supporters in three months, and Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey and climate scientist Jim Salinger were among the people who helped raise the campaign's profile today.
Passers-by in Auckland's Vulcan Lane were invited to sign the arm casts, which will then be worn at events in the lead-up to the Copenhagen climate summit in December.
The third article is from the Otago Daily Times - 18 August 2009
Castle-Hughes and Lawless push climate message
Otago Daily Times - 18 August 2009
The cast, which had the slogan, "Come on John, Sign On" written across it, aims to urge the Government to adopt a 40 percent emissions reduction target by 2020.
The Sign On campaign has already attracted nearly 100,000 supporters in three months, and Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey and climate scientist Jim Salinger were among the people who helped raise the campaign's profile today.
Passers-by in Auckland's Vulcan Lane were invited to sign the arm casts, which will then be worn at events in the lead-up to the Copenhagen climate summit in December.
Simon Boxer, senior climate campaigner at Greenpeace, said Prime Minister John Key was the one person who could ensure New Zealand upped its climate change commitments.
"John Key may think that by announcing a conditional target of 10 to 20 percent the issue is done and dusted. I think he'll find quite the opposite as we get closer to Copenhagen. After all it's only New Zealand's initial offer in the negotiations," Mr Boxer said.
Ms Lawless said scientists believed an emissions reduction target of 40 percent by 2020 was needed.
"100,000 Kiwis have already signed on to 40 percent by 2020 and John Key needs to listen. A government belongs to its people - not the other way round," Ms Lawless said.
Campaigners held a banner which read, "Join the cast of thousands" to encourage people to sign on to the campaign.
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