- Signatures: 242
- Goal: 100,000
- Deadline: 12-31-2009
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Climate change caused by humans is increasingly linked to the mortality due to extreme weather events such as Hurricane Katrina, heat waves in Europe during 2003, and ongoing sub-Saharan droughts.
Crimes against humanity are acts so grave, on a scale so large, that their very execution diminishes the human race as a whole.
Countries and their leaders who wantonly subvert the United Nations’ efforts to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere commit a crime against humanity by posing a grave threat to individuals, our civilization and the environment.
This petition urges the UN Secretary-General to acknowledge that subversion of international efforts to limit anthropogenic climate change is a crime against humanity and therefore it is imperative to adjudicate this offence.
Sign this petition today and send it to those concerned about climate change.
Crimes against humanity are acts so grave, on a scale so large, that their very execution diminishes the human race as a whole.
Countries and their leaders who wantonly subvert the United Nations’ efforts to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere commit a crime against humanity by posing a grave threat to individuals, our civilization and the environment.
This petition urges the UN Secretary-General to acknowledge that subversion of international efforts to limit anthropogenic climate change is a crime against humanity and therefore it is imperative to adjudicate this offence.
Sign this petition today and send it to those concerned about climate change.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | Country | Please write your statement of support here: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242 | 11:52 am PST, Nov 8 | Mr. | Carl Rosenstock | United States | |
| 241 | 12:03 pm PDT, Jul 12 | Ms. | Anonymous | United States | |
| 240 | 4:33 am PDT, Jun 25 | Mr. | Anonymous | Spain | |
| 239 | 1:42 pm PDT, Jun 24 | Anonymous | Norway | ||
| 238 | 5:19 am PDT, Jun 13 | Mrs. | Frida Simms | United States | |
| 237 | 3:26 am PDT, Jun 9 | Georgia Pollard | Australia | Climate change affects everyone. Our whole world is at stake if we do not act soon. The earth is well off without us, but we don't do too well without the earth. | |
| 236 | 1:19 pm PDT, Mar 14 | Mervi Rantala | Finland | ||
| 235 | 6:45 am PST, Jan 5 | Anita Kofta | United States | ||
| 234 | 5:19 pm PST, Dec 29 | Jennifer Gardner | United States | ||
| 233 | 1:07 pm PST, Dec 26 | BiLL Fowlie | United States | ||
| 232 | 1:03 am PST, Dec 22 | roxie schliesman | United States | ||
| 231 | 3:49 am PDT, Sep 11 | LuCy J Boogaard | Netherlands | ||
| 230 | 2:08 am PDT, Sep 11 | Ms. | Tamarah Swensen | Netherlands | |
| 229 | 5:51 am PDT, Sep 8 | Ms. | Angela Rhodes | Greece | |
| 228 | 1:48 pm PDT, Sep 6 | Anonymous | United States | ||
| 226 | 11:28 pm PST, Feb 10 | Laurel Watson | United States | ||
| 225 | 9:15 am PST, Jan 8 | Severine stockling, | France | ||
| 223 | 7:03 am PST, Dec 20 | Simos Tarabatzis | Greece | ||
| 222 | 12:51 pm PST, Dec 6 | Ines Seidel | Germany | ||
| 221 | 4:04 am PST, Nov 12 | Steve Dale | Australia | ||
| 220 | 2:23 pm PST, Nov 11 | Anne Seidel | Germany | ||
| 219 | 12:23 am PDT, Aug 18 | patricia osborne | United States | ||
| 218 | 4:30 am PDT, Aug 10 | Nicholas Prince | United States | ||
| 217 | 8:54 pm PDT, Aug 1 | Elijah Stutes | United States | ||
| 216 | 6:16 am PDT, Jul 6 | Mr. | Anonymous | Italy | |
| 215 | 6:00 am PDT, Jul 6 | Ms. | Anonymous | Italy | |
| 214 | 3:17 am PDT, Jul 4 | Joe Gaither | United States | ||
| 213 | 7:59 am PDT, Jun 26 | Kerstin Lahr | Germany | ||
| 212 | 3:54 am PDT, Jun 21 | Matt Deane | United Kingdom | ||
| 211 | 6:19 pm PDT, Jun 20 | Leah Praytor | United States | ||
| 210 | 2:39 pm PDT, Jun 2 | Emmi Ollila | Finland | ||
| 209 | 2:03 pm PDT, May 28 | Mr. | Anonymous | United States | We must do everything in our power to fight global warming.President candidates have not done enough.The childrens future is at stake and so are our lives.It should be a crime for hideing global warming from the public for years bush is guilty for that. |
| 208 | 6:11 am PDT, May 19 | Matthew Pintar | United States | ||
| 207 | 3:16 pm PDT, May 2 | Alannah Mantooth | United States | ||
| 206 | 6:46 pm PDT, Apr 21 | Bruce Hogben | Australia | ||
| 205 | 9:26 am PDT, Apr 18 | Nicolette Tan | Singapore | ||
| 204 | 7:34 am PDT, Apr 17 | Mr. | Ng Li Ki | Singapore | |
| 203 | 11:34 am PDT, Apr 13 | Mr. | Thomas H. Pritchett | United States | |
| 202 | 11:53 am PST, Feb 26 | Mr. | Andrew Tarrant | Australia | ACT NOW on Climate change - Governments must leglislate to reduce greehouse gasses caused by humans. |
| 201 | 1:28 am PST, Feb 25 | Janet Cavanaugh | Australia | This issue is so serious it needs immediate action. Those subverting this action are doing so for immediate private gain, not for the sustainability of the planet. |
Subverting Efforts to Limit Human-Induced Climate Change is a Crime Against Humanity
For the attention of the UN Secretary-General,
Global warming is increasingly associated with rising sea levels, changes in precipitation, and more frequent and severe floods and droughts. Extreme weather events and other impacts of human-induced climate change, unless mitigated, will have catastrophic effects on human society, wildlife and the environment. It is essential that all nations and their leaders work together in order to limit and reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.
"Crimes against humanity" are criminal offences above all others, which can be defined as acts so grave, on a scale so large, that their very execution diminishes the human race as a whole. The present and potential consequences of anthropogenic climate change are so detrimental to humanity and other life on Earth that nations or leaders who undermine international efforts to reduce its effects commit the gravest criminal act. The creation of an International Court of Environmental Crime could be a means to judge this wrong.
I, Dr Richard B. Richardson, a concerned Canadian scientist, have requested individuals around the world to sign an Internet-based petition to help protect humanity and other life forms from the abuses of human-caused climate change.
We urge you, as UN Secretary-General, to consider and acknowledge that countries and their leaders, who wantonly subvert the United Nations’ efforts to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere (at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system), commit a crime against humanity by posing the gravest threat to individuals, our civilization and the environment. Please take action to adjudicate this offence.
Sincerely,
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