NOTE: For the text and signatories of the joint declaration: http://www.etcgroup.org/en/node/4956
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ON BEHALF OF AD HOC COALITION: LET'S LOOK BEFORE WE LEAP!
MEDIA ADVISORY
Alert to climate negotiators:
LET'S LOOK BEFORE WE LEAP!
GAPING OVERSIGHT: NO ASSESSMENT IN TECHNOLOGY TEXT
An international group of more than 150 civil society groups from 36 countries will release a joint declaration calling upon governments in Copenhagen to revamp the draft text on technology transfer, to ensure that the precautionary principle is respected and that high-risk and unproven climate "techno-fixes"; are not allowed to put the world at risk.
WHO: Third World Network, La Via Campesina and ETC Group with other signatories of declaration.
WHEN: Thursday, December 10 2009 at 9:00 AM
WHERE: BELLA CENTRE, Hall H, Asger Jorn Room, Copenhagen
This press conference will be webcast.
Check http://unfccc.int/2860.php for Webcast details
Information:
Silvia Ribeiro, local number (Copenhagen): + 45 526 911 47
Teresa Anderson local number (Copenhagen): +45 507 516 37
Diana Bronson: + 1 514 629
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