Poor people can’t bear it – Oxfam’s Polar Bears reject the US Climate offer

Oxfam’s Polar bears came back for a second visit to the Untied Nation Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia today, as they could not believe that on the final day of the summit, there was still no clear agreement on a way forward to tackle climate change. You can watch a video of what they got up to on our YouTube Channel.

2.6 million people can’t be wrong – Climate Change petitions delivered to UK Minister

The biggest ever hand-in of climate change petitions has happened today, directly in-front of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali. Watch a video of the handin on our YouTube channel

It’s up to U Now – message to delegates Climate Change Conference

With just three days left to the conference closes, Oxfam blitzed delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, with a special photographic exhibition and calendar called “It’s up to UNow”.

The photos, are messages from people in developing countries, who are already having to adapt and live with the impacts of climate change, as well as people from rich countries, who are taking personal action to reduce their contribution to climate change. Take a look at all of the photo messages on our Flickr profile.

Today, they are coming together to send a clear message to delegates at this conference, to do all they can to ensure that the interests of people living in poverty are put at the heart of any decisions and outcomes from Bali.

Quite simply, they are telling delegates “It’s up to UNow”.

We have given delegates a chance to show their support to Fight Climate Poverty, by having their photo taken, so it can be added to the exhibition. More updates on who took the challenge later.

Shahanara, from Bangladesh (pictured above) stood in flood water near the camp she has been staying at for five months since her house was destroyed in the floods in the village of Puteakhal. She said “I have raised my home and my husband is trying to work in the market. What else can we do. We have no option now”. Read more from Shahanara, and other stories and messages on our flickr pages.

US U turn on climate, German Aid increase announced

Dear All ,

Things continued to move fast yesterday afternoon and today on both elements of the G8 agenda, Climate Change and Africa. President Bush made a speech yesterday which touched on both Africa and Climate Change. On Africa he reiterated the $30 billion 5 year continuation of the PEPFAR HIV/AIDS programme, and also proposed $525 million over five years for education. On Climate Change he made a spectacular U turn, calling for a global target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, something he has steadfastly refused to do for the past seven years. His turnaround on Climate Change was greated with muted suspicion however, as he also proposed that an alternative process of negotiations involving the biggest polluters, outside of the UN system, and he made no mention of the need to tie emmissions curbs to a specfic temperature goal- the central tenet of the German proposal for their G8.