Saskatoon People's Assembly on Climate Justice: Susana Deranger

People's Assembly on Climate Justice - Saskatoon For more information visit: http://www.canadians.org/assemblies The next major round of UN climate negotiations will be held in Cancun, Mexico from November 29 to December 10, 2010 and the stakes are high. This past summer has seen severe wildfires in Russia, devastating floods in Pakistan, mudslides in China, droughts in the Sahel and Niger, and an 87-square-kilometre chunk of ice break off from Greenland. These events are all consistent with climate change patterns that climate scientists have been warning us of. The media is already reporting that the possibility for a legally binding agreement in Cancun is slim, and the Canadian government continues to obstruct real action on climate change at home and abroad. The Canadian Senate recently killed Bill C-311: The Climate Change Accountability Act from becoming law without even a debate. It is the collective voice and action of people in Saskatoon and communities arou