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CCC is always looking for volunteers of all kinds: if you think you can help at all please contact info@campaigncc.org . There are also the following vacant volunteer posts : Finance & Fundraising Manager, International Outreach Assistant and Events Coordinator .
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
Is the Government failing us on climate change ?
Public Meeting on Thursday 6th November
7.00 pm at the Friends House, 173 Euston Road (opposite Euston Station), London.
Speakers include:
Zac Goldsmith Editor of the Ecologist magazine.
Bob Crow General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT)
Benedict Southworth Executive Director of the World Development Movement.
Phil Thornhill National Coordinator, Campaign against Climate Change
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.