follow-up meeting to Bali in Poznań, Poland at the end of 2008, we should consider attending or organising simultaneous local events to broadcast the issue. We need to let the world know that we are looking after our children and demanding action NOW. Notes:1.The Kyoto Protocol can be extended; in 2012, it is only the first commitment period that expires. The international community can decide to extend it to a second commitment period, although they will probably not do so because that might continue to exclude the US which seems unlikely to join Kyoto 2 The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is a multi-scale study drawing from 33 sub-global assessments. It is one of the most comprehensive global analyses of the state of our environment. 3 www.ipcc.ch/ Written by Gail Whiteman Illustration by Veronica Petrie Gail is the mother of two sons, Max (5) and Brix (3). She is an Associate Professor at Erasmus University in the Netherlands and a co-founder of the Sustainability and Climate Research network. Her work has been published in several magazines and academic journals. She is currently co-authoring a book called Generation C: A Mother’s Guide to Climate Change. www.erim.eur.nl/scr www.lead.org Resources: Next UN talks to be held in December 2008 in Poland http://unfccc.int/meetings/unfccc_calendar/items/2655.php The Stern Review 2006: The Economics of Climate Change tinyurl.com/2v6dve The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.aspx or you can find the easy-to-read introduction at www.greenfacts.org/ecosystems/#1 Summaries of the latest three IPCC reports www.ipcc.ch Real Climate www.realclimate.org The UK government’s easy-to-use, interactive carbon footprint calculator actonco2.direct.gov.uk Large Cities Initiative www.c40cities.org Transition Towns Communities responding to the twin challenges of Peak Oil and climate change www.transitiontowns.org The Big Ask Friends of the Earth’s initiative to give individuals a voice in a virtual ‘march’ to draw their political representatives’ attention to the need to act now on climate change www.thebigask.com Book: Heat: How We Can Stop the Planet Burning by George Monbiot, Penguin, £8.99

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