NOTE: For the text and signatories of the joint declaration: http://www.etcgroup.org/en/node/4956
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ON BEHALF OF AD HOC COALITION: LET'S LOOK BEFORE WE LEAP!

MEDIA ADVISORY

Alert to climate negotiators:

LET'S LOOK BEFORE WE LEAP!

GAPING OVERSIGHT: NO ASSESSMENT IN TECHNOLOGY TEXT

An international group of more than 150 civil society groups from 36 countries will release a joint declaration calling upon governments in Copenhagen to revamp the draft text on technology transfer, to ensure that the precautionary principle is respected and that high-risk and unproven climate "techno-fixes"; are not allowed to put the world at risk.

WHO: Third World Network, La Via Campesina and ETC Group with other signatories of declaration.

WHEN: Thursday, December 10 2009 at 9:00 AM

WHERE: BELLA CENTRE, Hall H, Asger Jorn Room, Copenhagen

This press conference will be webcast.

Check http://unfccc.int/2860.php for Webcast details

Information:

Silvia Ribeiro, local number (Copenhagen): + 45 526 911 47

Teresa Anderson local number (Copenhagen): +45 507 516 37

Diana Bronson: + 1 514 629