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P&Pers at the much famed Carnival of Climate Chaos at Shared Planet 06
Without urgent action, climate change will devastate life on earth. Hundreds of millions of people, particularly the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, are at severe risk of drought, floods, starvation, and disease. Up to one third of land-based species could face extinction by the middle of the century.
But it’s not all bad news. If we act now, it is possible to stop climate chaos. It’s up to us to choose to take action. By campaigning together, we can stop climate chaos.
Act Now
Below are the actions which you can take with People & Planet.
Ditch Dirty Development
Private banks like the Royal Bank of Scotland (which owns Natwest) use your money to invest in climate changing coal, oil and gas. The UK Government is currently using taxpayers money to support oil and gas extraction projects around the world, mainly through the World Bank. People & Planet is campaigning for an end to investment in dirty development and for a transition to a low carbon future.
- Join the campaign to Ditch Dirty Development.
Go Green
That’s why People & Planet groups at schools, colleges and universities around the country are part of the Go Green campaign to get their institutions to take climate change seriously and systematically improve their environmental performance.
- Join the campaign to get your school or university to Go Green.
Stop Kingsnorth - No new coal
As soon as Mid-April John Hutton MP the Minister for DBERR (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) may decide if Kingsnorth in Kent will see the first new coal-fired power station in the UK for decades.
This should be ringing alarm bells for anyone concerned about climate change because burning coal is the biggest threat to the climate and in the UK would wipe out any progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions since 1998.
- Take urgent action to Stop Kingsnorth
Strengthening the Climate Change Bill
Ed Miliband, Climate Change Minister
Image © netefekt 2008 used under licence, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.enGB
Action Expired - November 2008
A lords amendment to the Climate Change Bill, calling for a cap on the amount of internationally tradable carbon credits, has successfully been passed. The admendment will ensure that the UK plays it’s part in stopping climate chaos and it’s due to pressure from P&Pers that this amendment has passed.
- Find out more about the problems with the original Climate Change Bill.
Step it Up @ Bali
Image © i stock
Action Expired - December 2007
In December Politicians from across the world met in Bali, Indonesia, for a UN Climate Change Conference. We demanded that our leaders come home from Bali with more than just a suntan, they must achieve steps towards a binding international agreement for urgent action to stop climate chaos.
- Follow the link to see our unforgettable message to world leaders to step it up @ Bali!
Climate Change Bill
Thom Yorke launching the campaign for a climate bill, May 2005
Image © Balthazar Serreay/Friends of the Earth
Action Expired - November 2007
In November 2006 the UK Government announced that they would pass a Climate Change Bill, creating a legal framework for long term cuts in carbon emissions. This is an amazing step forward, but we still need to make sure that the Bill is strong enough to make the cuts needed to ensure we avoid dangerous climate change.
- Find out more about the Climate Change Bill, and how you can take action.
