This Saturday, 6th December, will see a global day of action with demonstrations around the world calling on leaders to take urgent action on climate change.
The demonstrations coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznań, Poland from 1st to 12th December.
“We demand that world leaders take the urgent and resolute action that is needed to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate, so that the entire world can move as rapidly as possible to a stronger emissions reductions treaty which is both equitable and effective in minimising dangerous climate change.” Global Climate Campaign
The demonstration in London will start from Grosvenor Square at 12 noon, marching on Parliament to demand that the government acts on climate now! The march will be preceeded by a climate protest bike ride starting from Lincoln’s Inn Fields at 10.30am.
Speakers will include Nick Clegg (leader Liberal Democrat Party), Caroline Lucas (leader, Green party), Michael Meacher (ex-Environment Minister) and George Monbiot (Honorary President, Campaign against Climate Change).
Main themes
The National Climate March in London has 4 main themes:
- NO to a 3rd runway at Heathrow and aviation expansion.
- NO new coal-fired power stations as planned (eg Kingsnorth in Kent).
- NO to the expansion of agrofuels with negative impacts on forests, the climate and world food supply.
- YES to a renewable energy revolution and green jobs.
Join with thousands of other protestors, and millions more around the world, in solidarity with the poorest and most vulnerable communities that will suffer worst and most immediately from climate change, caused overwhelmingly by the rich industrialised nations.
There is an overwhelming need to create a groundswell of global opinion to push for urgent and radical action on climate change, without which we risk a global catastrophe of unimaginable proportions.
Find out more
You can find out more about the National Climate March in London on the Campaign Against Climate Change website. And there’s information about the marches and demonstrations in over 70 other countries this Saturday, 6th December, on the Global Climate Campaign website.
Plus you can keep up-to-date with this and other climate change news on the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition website.
See you there!
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We’re getting the coach down: me, Katy, Maria and John P. You going?
@Niamh: Thanks for dropping by and welcome to Green Pepper ;-)
Not sure if I’m going yet – loads of work on – I hope to though (if there’s still places on the coach?!). If not, I’m doing my bit by raising awareness here, on Facebook and Twitter. Will call or txt you before Saturday.