EMERGENCY APPEAL - DOHA ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER

Today, as the UN climate talks entered their final days, six of the largest and most respected environmental and development organizations in the world will be holding a press briefing today to make an emergency call to governments to save Doha from disaster.

Participating in the press briefing will be the leaders of ActionAid, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Oxfam and WWF.

DATE:              Thursday 6th December 2012

TIME:               13h00 to 13h30

PLACE:            Press Conference Room 2, Qatar National Convention Centre

PURPOSE:       Emergency Appeal - Doha on the brink of disaster

Please note that this press conference will be webcast live at:

http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop18/templ/live.php?id_kongresssession=5454

For more information please contact:

WWF

Mandy Jean Woods

mwoods@wwf.org.za / @MandyJeanWoods

+27 82 553 4211 (please send SMS if urgent)

GREENPEACE

Tina Loeffelbein

tina.loeffelbein@greenpeace.org / +974 6618 6317 (Doha number)

OXFAM

Sunita Bose

Sunita.bose@oxfaminternational.org / +974 55b 04 6084 (Doha)

ACTIONAID

Brandon Wu,

brandon.wu@actionaid.org / +974 66 49 4275 (Doha)

CHRISTIAN AID

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH