The Citizens’ Climate Lobby is all about solutions. It’s about how society can make the changes needed, to avoid climate catastrophe, as rapidly and equitably as possible. Our starting point is that global warming is real, dangerous and caused by humans. This approach made a lot of sense until recently. There was broad political consensus…
Zero Hour is asking people to sign an open letter to the PM to ask that the Climate and Nature Bill will be permitted emergency debate time when it returns to the House of Commons on July 11th. You can do this by following the sign now link to the website below or you can…
CCL reported back in 2023 that the Rosebank oil field was approved (granted a licence) despite an intensive campaign against it which included MPs and peers from all parties. Carbon Brief’s Simon Evans tweeted that burning all its production – some 300m+ barrels of oil & gas – would be equivalent to the annual emissions…
Here are some actions you can take to help keep the UK at the forefront of fighting climate change. There is currently a petition about Airport Expansion….. More than 20 airports across the UK have expansion plans, which will result in a combined increase of 60%+ capacity. More flights means more emissions, at a time…
Zero Hour is campaigning to get the Climate and Nature Bill passed into law. The proposed law addresses climate change, global warming, and the nature crisis in line with the most up-to-date science. The CAN Bill is the only proposed legislation before the UK Parliament that ensures a comprehensive and joined-up approach to the emergency.…
Statement from the CCI newsletter for October 2024 At the end of October, parts of Spain were inundated with more rain in one day than normally falls in several months. Torrents of water pushed cars through the streets of cities, and more than 200 people perished in the floodwaters. A month earlier, similar scenes unfolded…
Reports on the need for policy reform to curb emissions are coming thick and fast. The Lethal Humidity global council of scientists is alerting the world to the fact that the concept of carbon offsetting just doesn’t stack up, quite literally as trees fall down and die, emitting carbon dioxide! Oxfam’s new briefing paper, ‘Carbon…
Zero Hour is campaigning to get the Climate and Nature Act into law. The bill was first introduced by Caroline Lucas in 2020 and reintroduced by Alex Sobel this year, with a first reading on 15 May 24. It is described as: A Bill to require the United Kingdom to achieve climate and nature targets;…
As everyone will be aware the political landscape suddenly changed overnight on the 4th of July! CCL UK welcomes the new attitude where getting to Net Zero is seen as a real opportunity. (Article updated 18/7/24). There is a very useful analysis of exactly what the challenges and opportunities are on the Carbon Brief website.…
On Wednesday UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres made his most hard hitting condemnation of the fossil fuel industry ever. Citing the latest European Commission Copernicus Climate Change Service report showing last month was the hottest May in history, the UN chief said global emissions need to fall nine per cent every year just to keep the…
