The climate talks in Copenhagen in December are so important that there’s a whole string of meetings beforehand to get ready and prepare the ground for the main event.

One of these meetings took place in Barcelona last week and, as you may have read in the media, EU leaders including the UK, are starting to get stage fright - saying that it might not be possible to finalise a climate change deal when the whole world is watching them in Copenhagen.  

Oxfam believes that fair and binding climate deal is still possible in Copenhagen in December. The world’s poorest people need nothing short of this. The only thing lacking is political will, and that’s where you come in.

Thousands of young people have spoken up this term, and showed that they want the government to seal the deal in Copenhagen. Now they need one almighty final push to get them to go there aiming to come home with the deal that we’ve all been asking for.

That push will come in the form of The Wave - the culmination of our campaigning this term  - on the 5^th December in London and Glasgow. Here’s how you can take part:

1. Come along, and bring your friends and family!
2. Spread the word by filming a mexican wave and uploading it to the wave website.
3. If you can’t make it on the day, then send any ‘wave related’ photo’s or drawings to us at Oxfam, and we’ll take it on the march for you.

Every minute we delay a global deal on Climate Change is costing more lives. Let’s sort it here and now!

Tags: barcelona, climate change, COP15, Copenhagen, UNCCC, Wave, Youth

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