Last year we took part in this, organised by The Climate Coalition. Let’s do it again…online! theclimatecoalition.org/thetimeisnow The Time Is Now: the biggest ever mass lobby for climate, nature and people. 12,000 people from all walks of life travelled to Westminster in 2019 to talk to their MPs about how the UK needs to tackle…
Ed Hopkins, from Dark Green PR, joins our June national online meeting. He asks: what is the CCL/climate income story and to whom do we tell it? Getting our message right is vital, especially for a policy-orientated organisation such as ours. How do we talk to them and what do we say? And who/where do…
In their response to the recent consultation on the future of carbon pricing in the UK (PDF, pp 38/39), the government noted that there had been 31 responses calling for a carbon fee and dividend.
This would replace the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), which we’re due to leave at the end of this year when the transition period ends. Full details can be found on the government website.
Victoria Gill, BBC journalist and TED speaker, took us through the conservation of the achoque, a type of axolotl or salamander, unique to Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico, in the May monthly meeting. The lake is clogged with pollution and the achoque is not doing well, however, the Sisters of the Immaculate Health, a local order of…
Back in March (pre-CV), BBC journalist, Victoria Gill, gave a fascinating and uplifting TED talk. The subject was the potential extinction of the Mexican axolotl, a type of salamander. To save the axolotl, the scientists had to work with a local order of nuns, a lesson on the role of humility and lack of hubris.…
Already the UK Government is trying to save jobs and extending benefits to ensure non-keyworkers stay where they need to be during the Coronavirus crisis – at home. But what if you feel you are falling through the cracks? Or that you don’t feel the Government is doing enough for our health and health service?…
Tuesday 17th March: The speaker for March online monthly meeting is Sarah Robinson from Hope for the Future, an organisation which specialises in training people to work with their MPs on climate change. Suitable for beginners to the experienced, Sarah will focus on the current political landscape. In particular, she will show how we can…
There are many democractic actions you could take to tackle climate change (CCL believes that democracy is the only way to combat climate change ie the way to achieve consensus on the fairest and most efficient way our society can help reduce global emissions). And taking part in democracy means building a relationship with your…
CCL UK volunteer Peter reports from the CCL EU February lobbying days: Lobbying. That’s for the professionals in suits, right? Regular citizens write letters and perhaps, if they are lucky, meet their MP? After two days of lobbying Members of the European Parliament (MEP) in Brussels I can now say: Not quite so. Lobbying MEPs…
