Date | Event | Significance |
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21st September 2014 | People’s Climate March | The largest climate mobilisation in history, to show leaders that people really care about climate change and to push them to lead. |
23rd September 2014 | UN Climate Leadership Summit | Leaders have been personally invited by the UN Secretary General to come prepared with climate action pledges of how their country intends to address the climate crisis. Strong pledges here will shape the road ahead. |
1st - 12th December 2014 | Lima UN Climate Summit | Many of the basic details on how the global deal will happen get decided here. |
Jan -- March 2015 | Countries submit their carbon cutting plans (‘offers’) | In the first quarter of 2015, countries will submit their ‘offers’ for Paris. Avaaz will campaign throughout this time to make sure they’re aligned with what we need to save the planet. |
June 5th 2015 | G7 Summit | A meeting of the world’s largest economies that could set the stage for Paris if they indicate they support ambitious action. |
September 2015 | New York UN Summit | National leaders will meet in New York again for the annual UN General Assembly. While there are no current plans for them to discuss climate, we’ll want them to make it a priority. |
December 2015 | Paris UN Summit | This is the deadline governments have set for a global deal to stop a climate crisis. If we’ve done our jobs, we’ll get a win here! |