When bells start ringing in Copenhagen -- and all around the world -- at 3 p.m. on December 13, 2009, they will represent a call to action and prayer to respond to impending climate change, according to Ecumenical News International (ENI).
More than 100 world political leaders, as well as faith leaders and supporters of action to deal with climate change, are converging on the capital of Denmark. A crucial 11-day United Nations (UN) meeting began on December 7 in Copenhagen to set the international agenda on climate, so that the city can live with the nickname of "Hopenhagen" that it has been given by one group of campaigners.
On December 13 -- before participating in a climate change service -- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu and activists from around the world will present a global petition to Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The event is organized by the global Countdown to Copenhagen Campaign, which includes church-related development organizations, partner groups in the Global South, and the World Council of Churches, in cooperation with Hopenhagen -- the name of the campaign.
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