Those signing the petition committed themselves to accept the consequences of reductions for society and in their own personal lives. 23 industrialised countries took part in the campaign. Its aim was to promote awareness of climate change issues rather than collect the most signatures possible. In many countries, campaign organisers made approaches to government officials to press upon them the urgency to act now. Some countries ran traditional petition campaigns.
Some petitions are still open.
Other UN representatives, leaders of national petition campaigns and representatives of international organisations supporting the campaign attended the ceremony at the Amos Comenius High School near Bonn. WCC campaign results Spain decided, instead of a mass petition, to concentrate on getting personalities to sign. 1700 did so and this led to a large number of press articles and radio interviews. Italy made a special effort to collect signatures among parliamentarians. Japan's campaign runs until the end of this year and results will be presented to the prime minister and ministers of commerce and environment.