Zero Carbon by 2030: Action for the Climate Emergency

Saturday 30th October
Friends House, Euston Road, London

Video highlights from the speaker sessions have been uploaded here.
Speakers included Jonathan Essex (Green Party), Maria Souviron (Bolivian Ambassador), Alexis Rowell (‘Cutting the Carbon’, Camden CAN), Andrew Simms (New Economics Foundation), George Marshall (founder, COIN), Ben Brangwyn (Transition Towns), Vicki Hird (FoE Real Food Campaign), John Stewart (HACAN, AirportWatch), Stephen Murphy (‘Zero Carbon Britain’ Team), Deepak Rughani from Biofuelwatch. See more about the speakers here.
The Copenhagen debacle made it clear that we will not see any kind of effective reponse to the Climate Emergency coming out of the international negotiations before there is a radical shift in climate politics and policy at the national level. What we are seeing in the UK, however, is a painfully slow, faltering and piecemeal approach from a government that clearly does not regard the imminent threat of catastrophic climate change as its first priority. What we need is a coherent plan of radical action on a scale sufficient to match the threat.
We know the curent response to the climate crisis is woefully inadequate - the meeting presented a positive and realsitic alternative to this.
The timetable for the day was:
with musical interludes and video by Andrea Gordillo.
1.30 pm Intro from George Marshall
“Oh gosh! Oh help! Oh no!”
What the latest science is telling us by Jonathan Essex. Phil Thornhill expands
on this to bring it into the campaigning world.
2.00 pm “Yes we can!”
Ben Brangwyn from Transition Towns. Questions and discussion chaired
by George Marshall.
3.15 pm Break
3.45 “Yes we must!”
With Maria (Souviron Bolivian ambassador), Vicki Hird from the Friends of the
Earth Food Chain campaign, Deepak Rughani (Biofuelwatch), John Stewart
(Airport Watch/HACAN). Questions and discussion chaired by George Marshall.
Earth Food Chain campaign, Deepak Rughani (Biofuelwatch), John Stewart
(Airport Watch/HACAN). Questions and discussion chaired by George Marshall.
4.50 pm “Win-win”
One million Climate Jobs and a Green New deal. John McDonnel via video.
Andrew Simms (New Economics Foundation), Alexis Rowell (Camden CAN)
and 10:10. Questions and discussion chaired by George Marshall.
Andrew Simms (New Economics Foundation), Alexis Rowell (Camden CAN)
and 10:10. Questions and discussion chaired by George Marshall.
6.30 pm End of Forum
The evening continued with
7.00pm Climate Concert
Seize the Day, Jess Gold, 'Climate Justice All stars', Chris Bluemel and
others...
MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKERS.....................

Caroline Lucas is leader of the Green Party and the first elected Green MP in the UK. Before being elected to the House of Commons in May this year she had been Green MEP for the South East since 1999. Green Party policy is to reduce UK emissions by 90% by 2030, with (roughly) 10% cuts per year from now until then,.











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