Friends of the Earth Cardiff Cyfeillion y Ddaear Caerdydd

South African energy company Sasol is the world’s leader in coal-to-liquid (CTL) technology. This is the most carbon-intensive way of making petrol and diesel. Sasol’s Secunda plant produces more carbon dioxide emissions than any other single source in the world.

Throughout the developing world, people are paying a terrible price for a climate crisis not of their making.

The worst droughts in over 60 years in East Africa have pushed parts of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somaliland to near the point of collapse, threatening the lives and livelihoods of more than 10 million people.

Photo: Friends of the Earth Europe

The next series of UN climate talks kick off in Durban, South Africa, on Tuesday.

All around the world millions of the poorest people are already facing the impacts of climate change, including floods, famine, and severe weather events.

We are facing a planetary emergency and have very little time left to avoid catastrophic climate change.

The UN climate change talks will take place in Durban, South Africa from 29 November to 9 December 2011.

Time is running out for an ambitious global deal on climate change to be agreed, as the Kyoto Protocol is due to end next year. We urgently need a follow-on agreement if we are to keep emissions under control and avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change.

We want the Government to:

African farmer surveys his drought stricken land.

The threat of unstoppable climate change gets ever closer and many governments seem to be doing very little to prevent it. It is vital we get politicians to sit up and take notice.

Many voluntary organisations are planning African-themed events during the first week of the UN Climate talks in Durban at the end of November.

European environment ministers will meet on 10 October to discuss the next UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa.

Millions of people across the world are already affected by the impacts of climate change. The outcome of the climate summit in December is crucial for the future of the planet and people who live on it.

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People from across the world are doing great work trying to steer the UN climate change talks in Cancun in the right direction.

Despite the bullying of rich nations, countries on the front line of climate change like Bolivia and Tuvalu are still standing strong. They refuse to accept a deal that will lead to catastrophic climate change.

** Campaign update **

Mexico has promised there'll be no secret proposal at the UN Climate Change in Cancun. A big thank you to everyone who took action on this. You were a key part of securing this promise.

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This action is now closed. Thank you to everyone who took part.

The UN climate change talks have started in Cancun, Mexico.

If we want to prevent catastrophic climate change and avoid the mistakes made at last year's Copenhagen talks by a Danish government desparate to get a deal. We must send a clear message to the Mexican Foreign Minister, Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, not to repeat them at the climate talks in Cancun.

Cardiff politicians at the Trick or Treat event. Photo: Julian Rosser, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

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Come and grill your politicians on climate change! We have organised a question-time style Halloween event to talk to our politicians about the international climate talks in Copenhagen this December.