Events

London Public Forum

Saturday 7th November

12.00 noon – 6.00 pm,
at South Camden Community School, Charrington St.

The event saw a great afternoon of speeches by a range of diverse and passionate speakers.

The four round table plenaries were:

• 10% cuts by end 2010: the case for emergency action
• Green Jobs Now – a million climate jobs by end 2010?
• Decarbonising our transport fast – the way ahead
• Copenhagen, the deal we need and the deal we’re likely to get

Plus there were assorted workshops including ones from Biofuelwatch/Food not Fuel and the CCC trade union group.

For a full programme of events click here.

The speakers Aubrey Meyer (Global Commons Institute), Oliver Tickell (author Kyoto 2), John Stewart (HACAN), Johann Hari (journalist), Jean Lambert MEP (Green Party),  Damian Carrington (Head of Environment, the Guardian), Alexis Rowell (Camden Council), Daniel Scharf (Greenspeed), Chris Baugh (Public and Commercial Services Union), Dr Stuart Parkinson (Scientists for Global Responsibility).

The Campaign against Climate Change in association with Amnesty International present a screening of the film The Age of Stupid at The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3EA.

Read a review of the film on The Times' website and watch a trailer below.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with speakers including the CCC's Phil Thornhill (National co-ordinator) and Abi Edgar, plus Melina Laboucan-Massimo from Greenpeace Canada who will be speaking about the Alberta oil sands and showing a trailer for the film H2Oil.

Tickets must be booked through the Amnesty International website: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=1353

On the day of the climate demonstrations 250 cyclists started the action early and took the streets on a loud and colourful bike ride to demand emergency action on climate change from the government.

Starting off at Lincoln’s Inn Field, Alexis Rowell, Green Camden Councillor and founder of Cutting The Carbon, gave her support. There was then a stop-off at the BP headquarters where Maryla Hart of Food Not Fuel spoke about the corporation’s investment in agrofuels, before Jess Worth of the New Internationalist demanded an end to their funding of the destructive Canadian Tar Sands industry. Later, there was a short rally at the headquarters of climate criminal E.ON against new coal-fired power stations.

Cyclists then made a grand arrival at the Climate Emergency Rally at Speakers’ Corner to hear more rousing speeches from Caroline Lucas MEP, John McDonnell MP, John Stewart [HACAN] as well as others including Simon Hughes MP who himself came on the ride.

But the pedal-power hasn’t stopped there. Two CCC supporters carried on after the rally and are cycling 280 miles from London to Copenhagen to join the demonstrations there. Keep up support on their Facebook group page here.

Saturday December 5th - on the eve of the Copenhagen Climate Talks

 Join the biggest climate demo in the UK so far!

Take a more radical climate message to the demonstration! Come to the 'Climate Emergency Rally'!  Help us promote the message that the climate crisis is an emergency requiring emergency measures! Make sure the UK governemnt understands we are not just demonstrating for a fair and effective deal at Copenhagen but also for them to do much more to fight the climate crisis at home! Most of the measures we will be promoting at the Rally are also in Early Day Motion 2057 - see here.  The Rally will start at 12 noon at Hyde Park. After the Rally we will feed into the march organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition - see below -  leading to the "Wave" event.

Download the flier from our leaflets page. For transport to the demonstration from around the country check the Local groups page.

The main march, organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition will start leaving Grosvenor Square at 1.00 pm. From then until 2.00 to 2.30 pm people will be leaving the Square and the 'Climate Emergency' protestors will be joining them as they begin their march. The march will go via Berkley square, Piccadilly and Trafalgar Square to surround Parliament for "The Wave" at 3.00 pm. Dispersal of the protest is expected by around 4.30 pm

Thousands came togther for the Climate Emergency Rally at the start of  the UK's biggest day of climate protest, yet, on 5th December, the Saturday before the opening of the Copenhagen Climate Talks.  They came to demand immediate and radical action on climate from the UK government.

The rally's key demands were:

• Declaration of a Climate Emergency
• 10% cuts by end 2010
• A million green jobs by end 2010
• Ban domestic flights
• 55 mph speed limit – scrap the roads program
• End Agrofuel use