The Huffington Post in conjunction with Hopenhagen.org is sending one person to Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference to both represent concerns of people around the world and to report back daily as a HuffPost citizen journalist.

Australian Cathie McGinn has put in her submission for the HuffPo Citizen Journalist competition, and we’re doing everything we can to support her bid to get there. So please help. Vote for Cathie, and when you’re done, get others to vote. Once you’re done with that, tweet about it. Then, once you’ve done that, share it on Facebook. And don’t forget to become a citizen of Hopenhagen! Call it bias if you will, but I think there is no one better suited for this role, than someone living in a country that is already feeling the effects of Climate Change.

Since 1950, Australia has already warmed by up to 0.7 per cent. We are seeing more heat waves, an increase in the intensity of Australian droughts and have experienced a 70 mm rise is sea levels. In Asia, crop yields are declining, and the retreat of glaciers is unprecedented. This is real. It’s happening now, and it would appear that the changes are gaining velocity with each day that we choose to do nothing.

Hopenhagen is change – and that change will be powered by all of us. Change will not happen unless the people demand it.

[Disclaimer: Ogilvy PR Worldwide Pty Ltd are a global partner for Hopenhagen.]

Considering that Asia is among the world’s most vulnerable to climate change it was a bit dismal to note that leaders who participated in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum over the weekend conceded that COP15 is unlikely to reach a legal agreement on imposing hard caps on greenhouse gas emissions.

Fortunately, Hopenhagen gives the rest of us a channel to participate, to be heard, and hopefully, to create a global community that will help our leaders into making the right decisions.

Hopenhagen brands a movement that brings together people who share the optimistic belief that “we can save ourselves from ourselves” and “when people lead, leaders follow.” – Tham Khai Meng, Worldwide Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather

In addition to that, with comScore’s latest findings that Asia has the largest and fastest growing Internet population, our role in the success of Hopenhagen is becoming more apparent.

Currently, the numbers for Hopenhagen.org‘s Asia visits, from 14 September to 15 November, are as follows:

• 13.7% of site traffic
• 60% per week contribution rate to the site
• 17% of the signed petition
• 21% of all shares on the site

So what are you waiting for?  Be counted.

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