11 December 2009

Global Day of Action on Climate Change
Climate Justice Now! KZN Action in south Durban

Saturday the 12th of December is the Global Day of Action on Climate Change.  People globally will take public actions to get the message through to the world’s politicians gathered in Copenhagen Denmark that we want Climate Justice Now! In south Durban, CJN! KZN with the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) and groundWork, Friends of the Earth, South Africa will host a Climate Change Rally for the youth from south Durban.  This will be at 08:00 hrs at the Raj Mahal Park, Krishna Rabilal Road, Merebank (next to Kentucky Fried Chicken).  Youth and members of the community will be performing skits, dance, drama and songs of the day!

At 18:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs the community will hold a Candle Light Vigil outside the Engen Oil Refinery, Tara Road, Wentworth, where candles will be lit in a symbolic gesture for governments of the developed world to take immediate and measurable reductions in greenhouse gases.

Climate change is happening now!  Act Now!

For more information call:

• Desmond D’Sa, SDCEA, 083 982 6939
• Bobby Peek, groundWork, 082 464 1383 

Footnotes:

[1] Climate Justice Now! KZN is part of the growing movement of CJN! SA and CJN! International.  In KZN the following organisations are part of CJN!: Centre for Civil Society – Environmental Justice Project; Earthlife Africa Durban eThekwini; Greater Edendale Environmental Network (Green); groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa; South Durban Community Environmental Alliance; and TimberWatch.