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| COPENHAGEN 2009 | National Climate March in London 5th December |
| Global Day of Action and Demo in Copenhagen, 12th December : join us in taking our message to the the negotiators in Copenhagen See more here. |
 | Climate Emergency Parliament Parliament Square, Wednesday 15th July at 6.00 pm Our current parliament is failing to respond to the Climate Emergency. We will convene an alternative parliament to respond with the degree of urgency required. The Bills before Parliament will include measures for :
10% reductions in UK Greenhouse gases by the end of 2010 |
Speakers will include Colin Challen (member of the other House), Darren Johnson (Chair of the London Assembly - Green Party), John Stewart (Chair, Airport Watch), Tim Helweg Larsen (Director, Public Interest Research Centre), Tamsin Omond (Climate Rush) and Chris Baugh (Assistant General Secretary, Public and Commercial Services Union)
Come to the People's Parliament ! All are welcome - just turn up and take your seat ( er.....on the pavement) Hear about what we could be doing in the UK now to avert climate catastrophe - and bring your own ideas !
The gap between what the science demands and what the politicians are offering is vast - whilst there are signs of faltering political progress (and much greenwash), the updated science gets more scary day by day.... See for instance http://climatesafety.org Add your voice to the demand for radical action now - we should not just be on the defensive saying 'no' to airports, new coal, road building etc.. etc.. we should be pushing forward our own positive agenda for real solutions to the climate crisis !
We in the UK cannot deal with this problem on our own but our best chance of influencing the critical international Climate Talks in Copenhagen at the end of the year is by committing to really radical measures here in the UK in order to lead by example. And the time to do that is RIGHT NOW
You can join the Online Emergency Parliament here. Give us your views on what the government should be doing to cut carbon fast.
Join the "Mili-band"
No new coal without 100% CCS from the start.
Kingsnorth, Saturday July 4th. See more here.
FULL SOLUTIONS
not HALF SOLUTIONS
NO NEW COAL without 100% CCS
Demonstration, 6.00pm Thursday 30th April, opposite Downing Street, Whitehall
Jean Lambert MEP (Green Party, London) addressed demonstrators (see photo left) as wll as Joss Garman from Greenpeace.
The government's decision to ban new unabated coal-fired power stations represents a big move for the government in a green direction, and we congratulate them for that..But building new coal-fired power stations without 100% CCS (or close) is a recipe for disaster. Does anyone think the government will close down these new power plants if full scale CCS is found to be unworkable or hopelessly uneconomic ? Read more here.
Iceberg Demo at the G20
On Wednesday April 1st ("Fossil Fool's Day") Campaign against Climate Change staged a "Climate Emergency" Ice-berg Demo outside the Excel Centre where the G20 were to meet the following day.
The action featured a giant ice block sculpted like an iceberg and demonstrators dressed in white with some even wearing strings of ice cubes around their necks. The backdrop to this was provided by 'Climate Emergency' placards and panels showing maps and graphs of arctic ocean ice loss.
The message was simple : Polar ice is melting much faster then scientists thought and is the most visible symptom of the frightening speed with which the climate is changing. We will lose the race against climate catastrophe unless action is taken soon. This presents a far greater threat than the recession, however bad that might seem, and should be the absolute priority for the G20. If we need to inject more money into the economy then that should be done by spending it on all the many things we need to do to achieve a low carbon economy and fight climate change.
The iceberg was displayed outside the Excel centre from 12 noon to seven in the evening witha photo-op at lunchtime and a small rally in the evening. The action was designed to give a clear focussed message about the urgency of the climate threat, to complement the message conveyed by 'climate campers' and other climate campaigners in the City at the same time.
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'Put the People First' March
This march took place on Saturday March 28th demanding jobs, justice for the global poor and action on climate from the G20 meeting in London the following week.
See photo on left for our our globe-in-a-greenhouse on wheels at the massively succesful Put People First March. Also very visible were our placards declaring a Climate Emergency. Meanwhile CCC members were spreading the word about about action for Copenahgen 2009 (see more here). giving out these flyers to fellow marchers. .
Hundreds attend noisy demonstration against Brown on Heathrow
Thursday 19th February, 5.30 pm to 7.00 pm, opposite Downing Street
Some more photos here.
Maybe 400 crammed into the police pen opposite Downing Street for a lively demonstration against the government decision last month to expand Heathrow with a third runway. Speakers on the evening included Jean Lambert (Green MEP for London), Susan Kramer (Lib-Dem MP for Richmond) and John Mcdonnel (Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington where the 3rd runway would be built). There was no mistaking the energy of the protest and the strength of the movement against the expansion of Heathrow. This event was one of a number of protests against the government decision carried on by a swelling coalition of groups and individuals. Additional speakers on the evening were John Stewart from HACAN, Anna Jones from Greenpeace, Phil Thornhill for the CCC and Linda McCutcheon from NOTRAG and a resident of Sipson village (which will be obliterated by a third runway).
There had been an earlier lunch-time photo-call at the Department of Transport - on the theme of "the Brown Past" and the "Green Future" with Lucy wills representing the latter and Chris kitchen as a 'caveman' Gordon Brown representing the former. The message was for an end to 'carbon-intensive-growth-as-usual' and for the government to be taking the kind of investment decisions that will plot the path towards a low carbon economy as fast as possible - a crash program for deep emission cuts in the short term that will provide thousands of 'green jobs' and help lift us out of the recession.
The National Climate March 2008 filled the streets of London again - thanks to everyone who made it another great success ! This time thousands marched on Parliament to demand action from the UK government on climate change.
Protestors carried banners and placards saying 'No New Coal', 'No Third Runway', 'Stop Agrofuels' and 'Time for a Green New Deal'.
Protestors were also demanding meaningful action on climate from world leaders and their representatives at the Poznan Climate Talks.The demonstration was part of a Global Day of Action in which around 70 countries were involved - see www.globalclimatecampaign.org
Speakers included Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green Party, and John McDonnel the Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington.
The marchers gathered at Grosvenor Square on a crisp and sunny winters day. A colourful and noisy throng brought their message through the streets of London to the very doorstep of government. Protestors displayed the kind of colourful creativity in costumes, banners and assorted props...... READ MORE HERE.
See videos of the event and speakers here
And another video here
No New Coal March
Rochester to Kingsnorth
Sunday 3rd August
Protestors spilling out of the end of Rochester high street.
Hundreds gathered in Rochester for a rally in the high street followed by a 7 mile march to Kingsnorth power station, to demand NO NEW COAL - and no new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth. This was a great showpiece event to help launch the Camp for Climate Action and generally emphasise the critical importance of the decision over Kingsnorth and the need to stop and reverse the expansion of coal-burning for power around the world. The march was joined by the Climate Camp "caravan" which had spent the previous week making its way from Heathrow, the site of last year's climate camp.
Speakers at the Rochester Rally included Ashok Sinha, Executive Director of Stop Climate Chaos, Caroline Lucas MEP (Green Party), Sean Furey, Deputy Director of the Kent Branch, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Benedict Southworth Executive Director of the World Development Movement, James Lloyd of People and Planet, Penny Eastwood from the Camp for Climate Action, Maureen Ruparel Lib Dem Medway councillor, Steve Wilkins from Medway Trades Council, James Willis from Kingsnorth Climate Action Medway and Phil Thornhill from the Campaign against Climate Change.
Protest against Brown on Biofuels
STOP THE RTFO 
On Tuesday April 15th the "Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation" came into force - which mandates a mixing of 2.5% of biofuel in all diesel and petrol, and will massively increase the demand for biofuel. This is a measure supposed to help fight climate change but will have the reverse effect, driving deforestation and therefore climate change as well as deepening the world food supply crisis. See more here. The CCC joined forces with Biofuelwatch to protest against the RTFO and the devestating impacts caused by a massive increase in biofuels, outside Downing Street, at 6.00 pm on April 15th.
This was the largest demonstration yet against biofuels and was widely reported on the day. Speakers at the demo included Ronnie Hall of the Global Forest Coalition, Kenneth Richter of Friends of the Earth, Pete Riley, campaign director of GM Freeze, Andrew Boswell of Biofuelwatch and Phil Thornhill of Campaign against Climate Change. Earlier in the day at 1.oo pm there was a very succesful photo-call and mini-demo outside the Department of Transport.
For other events in 2008 - See here.
For the National Climate March 2007 - and other events in 2007 - see here.
The Campaign against Climate Change is pioneering a
Global Climate Campaign
Climate Protestors in Osasca, Brazil. See more pics of the Global Day of Action here
See more here.
CLIMATE EMERGENCY - read more here.