PetitionTo Establish A UN Global Environmental Ambassador

[RestoreGore]

My name is Jan Moore, and I am Chairperson of Patriots for Al Gore, a PAC devoted to supporting the endeavors of the Honorable Al Gore. One of the efforts we currently have had going since last year is a petition addressed to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, asking for the UN to establish the post of Global Environmental Ambassador. Now, while we also have other names in mind should this ever come to pass and Al Gore decline, we are asking for this post to be established with Al Gore serving as the first UN Global Environmental Ambassador. It is because of his experience, vision, and dedication to this issue on a global scale, his unwavering commitment and insight into the moral and spiritual aspects of this issue, and his selfless determination to do what he can to preserve this planet for future genrations that we ask this.

If you believe this post holds merit and would like to see it established along with Al Gore being called to lead our global community in the greatest challenge we have ever faced as a species, please sign our petition. I will be delivering this petition in the fall to the UN building in NYC. To have at least 200 signatures on it would go a long way in telling Secretary General Annan and the UN that we too care for our global community and our planet's future and wish to see definitive action taken on a global scale with a leader who has the qualifications to inspire, inform, and succeed.

This is the body of the petition:


Dear Secretary-General Annan,

Climate Change is an ever present specter threatening many areas of our world and its effects are now beginning to be seen clearly. Mr. Annan, as a Secretary-General who has advocated for sound solutions to this problem, you have also seen the damage it has done and is doing on every continent including the Arctic. This is not a crisis that will be solved even within the next few years, and it will then require a joint effort of all world leaders coming together, including those countries that cannot efficiently and effectively meet this challenge due to poverty, disease, and political turmoil to seriously enact a global strategy for sustainability.

Climate change is also more than just a phenomenon that will affect temperature, as you well know. This is the most important issue we as a species will face in the 21st century, and the peoples of the world need a leader on this issue to coordinate efforts on a global scale of equality that benefits all. We also need a global leader that will educate, inform, and inspire people for this common cause.

Therefore, we hereby petition you to consider establishing a new UN post for the 21st century: that of Global Environmental Ambassador. We also then petition you to consider the Honorable Al Gore Jr., former Vice President of the United States and environmental advocate as our first UN Global Environmental Ambassador.

Vice President Gore has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia, the United States, and now Australia, in the cause of the environment and to speak truth about climate change. He is well respected throughout the world, and because of his stature and vast knowledge of this crucial subject he can relay important information regarding it to people in terms they also can understand, which is very important considering so many are still unaware of how it truly effects their lives and futures. His background in foreign relations, the economy, and in governing makes him more than qualified to lead our world as a Global Environmental Ambassador. He has also been a leader on this issue since his days in the United States Senate over twenty five years ago. He has devoted his life to this cause, and fully understands and realizes that all other issues are affected by the environment.

Stronger storms caused by climate change ruin crops, erode land, and cause damage that can severely stifle an economy, which Hurricane Katrina already proved right here in America. Diseases caused by changing weather patterns that bring unknown diseases to areas which have not experienced them before cause health crises which also effect economies and take lives. The depletion of natural resources due to weather conditions which cause famine (as we are seeing in Niger and many African countries right now,) drought, floods, mudslides, etc. can also lead to corporate privatization of those resources, which then effects the very livelihoods and lives of those under the control of corporations and governments that would seek to use such conditions to their political advantage, which leads to war.

Vice President Gore also sees the spiritual side to this issue which is the essence of it, which is also very important to many cultures around the world. The position of Global Environmental Ambassador would then be no small post. This post would be a huge responsibility combining knowledge, experience, and commitment to all areas. Having a unique understanding of government, foreign relations, the environment, and especially technological advances, is in my view the perfect combination for such an esteemed position.

We would then be most grateful if you would respond to this most serious and sincere request. Our Earth is now in critical need of all of us coming together to face this threat to our very existence. It will take a coordinated effort of all led by one with exemplary economic, technical, scientific, and governmental skills, and someone who also understands the spiritual symbiosis we share with this planet, our only home, to effectively take on this challenge.

That person is the Honorable Al Gore Jr., and we have every confidence that should this position be created and he appointed as our first Global Environmental Ambassador of the 21st Century, that he would serve the world and its peoples honorably, sensibly, and passionately regarding this issue.

Thank you.

This is the link:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/618253462?ltl=1151680042

Thank you very much.