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DDD or Copenhagen Decision

Result

Following a vote by the session participants, it was decided to continue with the RBS-NatWest campaign during the first 6 months of 09/10. However, there were some key amendments to the original proposal:

• Retain the focus on RBS-NatWest irrelevant of what new research may say.
• Use RBS-NatWest and finances as P&P’s angle at Copenhagen.
• Link our work on this to what other groups are doing on climate and justice.

Summary of the session and decision

In the lead-up to the Copenhagen climate talks in December this year, it was decided that a decision needed to be made on the validity and motivation of the network to continue the RBS-NatWest campaign

A group of around 20 students from across the network came together at the Forum to discuss the issue and find ways to strengthen scenarios. The two scenarios were set out to the group, offering an insight into the strategies, objectives and tactics possible under each. This was followed by small group discussions on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of each. Each small group looked at the SWOT for each scenario.

The group then split in two to look at one scenario each. They held a short discussion on each, looking at the SWOTs already produced. The weakest of the weaknesses were then selected to be strengthened by the group. This strengthening provided a number of possible amendments which were then debated by an open discussion.

During this open discussion, the amendments were discussed as well as general views of both scenarios. After 20 minutes, the group voted on which scenario they preferred to take forward during 09/10.

The group decided by a huge majority that the network would continue with the RBS-NatWest campaign, but the outcome of research to be conducted this summer would not change RBS-NatWest as the target of the campaign and that the unique angle of financing climate change would be our opportunity to feed in to the Copenhagen talks.