President Barack Obama, United States of America
President Hu Jintao, People’s Republic of China
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil
President Nicolas Sarkozy, France
Prime Minister Gordon Brown, United Kingdom
Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany
I call upon you, not as representatives of your countries, but as leaders of the world, to demonstrate the leadership that high office demands and take personal responsibility for your government’s response to climate change and to attend the United Nations Climate Summit in Copenhagen this December, in person.
Decisions which will be made at this meeting will impact the lives of everyone alive today, and determine the shape of humanity’s future.
This is the world’s best chance to avoid runaway climate change.
You owe it to the world to set aside narrow national interest, to safeguard our future, and to do what you were elected to do: lead.
My request is simple: promise now to make Copenhagen count and personally attend the Summit.
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