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On 8 December 2007 activists will gather on the steps of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast to make a big noise for action on climate change.
From 3–14 December 2007 the UN Climate Change Conference will take place in Bali, Indonesia. World leaders will meet to discuss the roadmap for future global action to avert the worst ravages of climate change. The outcomes of this conference will have implications for everyone on the planet.
To coincide with the conference, an international day of action on 8 December has been announced. Marches and demonstrations will be taking place across the world, including in the UK and Ireland, which will illustrate the demand for strong action to be taken by governments on climate change.
Wake up to climate changeIn Northern Ireland Christian Aid, Trócaire, Friends of the Earth and Eco-congregation Ireland have teamed up to organise “Sound the Alarm for Climate Change.”
On 8 December activists will gather at St Anne’s Cathedral in central Belfast, bringing alarm clocks with them to compensate for a lack of bells, which will be set to go off at 2pm, to represent the 2 degrees temperature rise limit that cannot be exceeded if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change. 
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We hope to have members of the clergy from each of the four main Churches at the gathering, as well as a diverse range of activists and members of different congregations from across Northern Ireland.
Meanwhile we are urging as many Cathedrals and Churches throughout Northern Ireland as possible to ring their bells at 2pm.
We would like you to help to make this event a real success. Please try to come along to St Anne’s from 1.30pm on the 8 December and bring an alarm clock or your mobile phone. Bring along anyone else you can persuade to come and get them to bring something with an alarm too.
If you are a member of a church congregation, try and persuade your priest, vicar, minister or pastor to get involved by arranging for the bells in your church to be rung.
If you are interested in joining in any aspect of the event then please contact Niall Bakewell at Friends of the Earth on 028 9089 7592 or email niall.bakewell@foe.co.uk.
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