CAMPAIGN ACTIONS
Bristol a Fairtrade City! Stop Climate chaos! Copenhagen
FT Resources: Download National Fairtrade Events Calendar- add your own event! Sign up for Latest FT Foundation Newsletter New: Bristol FT Newsletter & FT Purchasing Guide The FT directory for Bristol!- are you in?- add someone http://www.bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk contact jenny@bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk or call 07970-878337 or 0117 922 2719. http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/fairtrade Fairtrade in Bath Bath & NE Somerset FT contact fairtradebath@yahoo.co.uk FT Co-ordinator, Steve Faragher, steve@faragherjones.com, Tel 01225 319799 http://www.greenbath.org/fairtrade-bath or http://www.bathfairtrade.org Get in Touch-Other Local FT Contacts: Keynsham http://www.somersetfairtrade.org.uk/keynsham.htm Chew Valley http://www.valleyfairtrade.org/valley_fair_trade.htm North Somerset http://www.somersetfairtrade.org.uk/nsomerset.htm South Glos http://www.southgloslocalfood.org/ Find out more about Fairtrade Cities. 80 Fairtrade Towns and counting! Keep up to date by visiting our Fairtrade Town web page, which now displays a map showing a list of Fairtrade Towns in each region of the UK. Click on the link below. http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/get_involved_fairtrade_towns.htm, FT Towns international! http://groups.google.com/group/international-fairtrade-towns Do you know of places that sell FT or would like to? http://www.fairtradeatwork.org.uk My Fairtrade! http://my.fairtrade.org.uk Network and share your Fairtrade experiences. Stop Climate Chaos! Copenhagen 2009
See what happened on the Wave! http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/the-wave On
Saturday 5 December 2009, ahead of the crucial UN climate summit
in Copenhagen, 50,000 people flowed through the streets of London to demonstrate
their support for
a safe climate future for all.
Together
we pushed our Government to quit dirty coal, build
a green economy and protect the world’s poorest and most
vulnerable communities. Copenhagen News & Stories http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/copenhagen
Google
earth Climate site http://www.google.com/landing/cop15/#intro,
YTube
Cop15 videos http://www.youtube.com/user/Cop15 Keep up with the latest news and actions http://www.oxfam.org.uk/copenhagen Copenhagen 2009 now under way!
Previous Climate Conferences
Check out what happened at the UN Bali Climate Conference: Oxfam @Bali Guardian Blogs , http://unfccc.int/2860.php, http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop13, see how developing countries shamed US-Click on: Conference of the Parties, 8.30am-3.30pm, Part Three, English Version. http://www.un.org/webcast/unfccc/2007/index.asp?go=071215 Bali 2007 reports http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_13/items/4049.php http://www.dcdays.org, Reports- Developing Countries and Climate Change- The working Group on Climate Change- Up in Smoke’ First Up in Smoke report here 2. Africa up in smoke here 3. NEW Latin America up in Smoke. SCF Report: Climate change and Children DFID http://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/climatechange/keysheetsindex.asp, http://www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/climate-google-earth.asp Read about climate change in UK Government DFID White Paper UNEP Climate information http://climatechange.unep.net Ethics and Climate Change http://climateethics.org Check out the science! http://www.realclimate.org
UK Climate predictions, UK Climate impacts Sustainability Our SouthWest SW Impacts Natural England SW Observatory EnvAgency SW Climate Change Impacts Partnership (SWCCIP) Industry Climate Group UK Climate Projections (UKCP09) http://ukcp09.defra.gov.uk , www.oursouthwest.com/climate http://ukclimateprojections.defra.gov.uk/http://ukclimateprojections.defra.gov.uk Estimates Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions for 2006, and revised estimates for 2005, for all UK Local Authorities and Government Office Regions http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2008/080918a.htm Calculate & compare carbon footprints before you fly! https://www.atmosfair.de/index.php?id=30&L=3 Cut your carbon with Fair Shares Fair Choices. http://www.fairsharesfairchoice.com Let a thousand flowers Bloom, Fun interactive guide to how you can tackle climate change. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bloom/flash.shtml
Act to say 'yes' to renewable energy and 'no' to coal The burning of coal for the production of energy is responsible for over 50% of the manmade carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, yet the UK Government is still planning to build eight new coal power stations - Britain’s first in over 30 years info The Commons Environmental Audit Committee Report urges the Government to set a deadline for coal-fired power stations to adopt carbon capture and storage or face closure. The UK Govt's Renewable Energy Strategy http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/strategy/page43356.html, http://renewableconsultation.berr.gov.uk
AIR Stop Bristol Airport's expansion http://www.stopbia.com, ROAD Also take action about the proposed new Bristol ringroad http://www.southbristolringroad.co.uk LOCAL AUTHORITY Engage with Bristol City Council on Climate http://www.bristol-climatechange.public-i.tv/site, http://www.askbristol.com/askbristol.php SW Regional Assembly Climate Action Plan TIDAL POWER Sustainable Development Commission on Severn Barrage Report Summary Renewable energy UK Govt BERR Site on Severn Barrage options & info NUCLEAR Follow the Nuclear Debate: We may have more local stations. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jan/04/nuclearpower.greenpolitics http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/nuclear/brown-gets-a-drubbing-over-nuclear-20080103 Sustainable Development Commission on Nuclear Power http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/060306.html, http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/scot_nuclear.html EU Commission 23rd January 2008 announcements+ videos on bottom of page http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/president/focus/energy-package-2008/index_en.htm MEP's Speak http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/default_en.htm Climate bill- Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, has committed to reducing the UK’s carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050! The Climate Change Act will require the UK to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent (based on 1990 levels) by 2050. A series of five year interim 'targets' will also be set - which will take the UK's share of international aviation and shipping emissions into account and ensure that the target is kept on track. The Committee on Climate Change http://www.theccc.org.uk/ is due to recommend the first five year 'budget' periods. http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/climatechangehl.html, The Climate Change Bill Cttee has met http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmpbclimate.htm, Members: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmpublic/climate/cmclimate.htm. The Stop Climate Chaos CoalitionAre you on the I Count communities map- Join today! I Count Communities' project, an interactive, online map is now live! Through the map, you will be able to search and contact over 350 (and rising) local organisations working on climate change in the UK. Your group will be visible on the map to thousands of I Count campaign supporters. http://www.icount.org.uk/get_involved/explore_the_map/default.asp The Rules! http://www.icount.org.uk/get_involved/297.asp. Watch this: I'm Irresistible - I count! film This growing campaign, STOP CLIMATE CHAOS is the biggest climate change coalition this country has ever seen. Members include: Friends of the Earth, Christian Aid, Greenpeace, Oxfam, People & Planet, National Federation of Women’s Institutes, RSPB, Tearfund, World Wide Fund for Nature – UK (Board members), A Rocha, ACTSA, Action Aid, Airport Watch, BMS World Mission, CAFOD, Campaign against Climate Change, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Carplus, Climate Outreach and Information Network, Come off It, Ethical Consumer, Ethical Jobs, From Greenhouse to Green House, Garden Organic, Glasgow Eco-Renovation Network, Global Student Forum, Green TV, Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Science, Islamic Relief, Medact, National Commission for Justice and Peace, The National Trust for Scotland, Operation Noah, Plan B, Practical Action, Road Block, SAOCC, Save our World, SCIAF, Shared Energy, SPEAK, Spokes, Surfers Against Sewage, Sustrans, Take Global Warming Seriously, The Wildlife Trusts, Transport 2000, UNA, Unison, Women’s Environmental Network, Woodland Trust, World Development Movement, Youth Against Climate Change. To find out more or join see http://www.icount.org.uk/12.asp |
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