Prime Minister Stephen Harper was prominently featured, along with George Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda, in this global warming newspaper ad that appeared in Asahi Shimbun. The ad, featured on a page in Japan’s second largest newspaper discussing the Bali Climate Change Summit, shows the trio above a picture of the Titanic. The ad reads, “No targets, no icebergs, just global disaster coming soon, world don’t give in”.
The ad was sponsored by avaaz.org
In the wake of the ad and other pressure, much of it from the grassroots, Japan has reversed its original no targets position. Now the Japanese have announced a climate emissions target of 2020. This is a huge step, but obviously it is going to require positive action by the U.S. and their pawn Harper to continue to keep things moving forward.
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