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Greenpeace is asking you to take part in an energy revolution - to go from a world powered by nuclear and fossil fuels to one running on renewable energy.

Climate change is a reality, and it has been caused by human activity. Fortunately, there are proven energy solutions we can put to use today to provide sustainable development and energy for all. Will this energy transformation occur rapidly enough to avert the worst effects of a warming world? You will help decide the answer to that question.

The United Nations conference on climate change will run from December 1 to 12, 2008 in Poznan, Poland. Enlarge Image

UN Climate conference, Poznan

The United Nations conference on climate change will run from December 1 to 12 in Poznan, Poland. This conference marks the halfway point in international negotiations for an agreement to strengthen and extend the Kyoto Protocol after it expires in 2012.

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Recent developments

Greenpeace opens a Climate Rescue Station on the edge of an open coal mine in Poland. Coal the single greatest threat facing our climate. Poland uses coal to produce 93% of its electricity. The Station has been set up in the run up to crucial UN climate negotiations in Poznan, Poland this December. Despite hosting the talks, Poland is attempting to obstruct the negotiations and to undermine the EU’s efforts to reduce CO2 emissions. Enlarge Image

2008: The year in review

Here's a look at all the efforts for a green and peaceful future that our supporters made possible in 2008.

Dave Martin at Fossil of the day where Canada won an unprecedented four “Fossil of the Day” on December 4th, 2008 Enlarge Image

Canada a key climate villain in Poznan

Greenpeace has identified Canada as one of the main “climate villains” at the disappointing United Nations climate change conference that ran from Dec. 1 to 12 in Poznan, Poland.

The Harper government played a significant role in ensuring that the conference did not respond to the urgency of addressing global warming in Poznan.

Andrea MacDonald, a 19-year-old Greenpeace volunteer from Vancouver, was attending the United Nations conference on climate change in Poznan, Poland, as part of an international youth delegation. She also took part of the Global day of action in Poland. Enlarge Image

Prentice-Renner: Sign-off Letter

Over 60 organizations participating in the United Nations climate change talks in Poznan, Poland (December 1-12, 2008) and other groups around the world called on Canada’s Environment Minister Jim Prentice and Alberta’s Environment Minister Rob Renner to stop promoting the Canadian tar sands - the world’s dirtiest oil.

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