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Climate emergency

‘Its been a great meeting!’ … as the activist said to the Bishop

Rob Paton updates us on the fantastic progress made by Citizens:mk and its future ambitions to go global, or at least England and Wales! Last September at the Citizens:mk climate assembly, the Bishop of Oxford agreed to a request for a meeting to discuss Climate Income, and whether he might use his position on the …

Read more‘Its been a great meeting!’ … as the activist said to the Bishop

How Climate Income could transform the world….

The progressive think tank Autonomy, which researches solutions for climate change, the future of work and economic planning published a (very readable) report titled ‘Toll Gates and Money Pumps: Why carbon taxation could be a simple, fair and transformative policy instrument’ on the 21st of March. The report outlines how a globally applied carbon fee …

Read moreHow Climate Income could transform the world….

A simple, fair and effective solution to the UK cost of living crisis – Climate Income.

I posted this article on the Linked In Citizens’ Climate Europe page on the 22nd January and have been asked to reproduce it here. I hope you find it a helpful ‘take’ on the current crisis. The current fuel crisis is creating problems for governments in the UK and Europe. The conundrum is based on …

Read moreA simple, fair and effective solution to the UK cost of living crisis – Climate Income.

Another fantastic plug for Climate Income from one of our members!

Last year Rob Paton and Citizens:MK succeeded in gaining unaminous support for Climate Income from Milton Keynes Council. Rob then went on to write about the campaign in the national Quaker magazine, The Friend. Rob has now succeeded in getting a full article published which he has given me permission to reproduce here. I attended …

Read moreAnother fantastic plug for Climate Income from one of our members!

The consensus is growing – what surveys, petitions and the media are saying and what we can do about it…

Reading the daily email alert from Carbon Brief is fascinating and getting more and more time consuming! I have certainly noticed a real shift of media opinion towards the climate emergency over the past year, as the effects of climate change are becoming more and more immediate. There are very few denial editorials these days …

Read moreThe consensus is growing – what surveys, petitions and the media are saying and what we can do about it…
Demonstrators outside County Hall.

What next for the climate emergency?

So the first rule of attending a conference on climate change and what we can do about it is not to add to the carbon emitted by getting there. So, Milly, Dave and I all traveled up by train to Lancaster to the Climate Emergency conference. (I love trains but at £118 for the journey, …

Read moreWhat next for the climate emergency?
View of London

Zero carbon London plans unveiled

An ambitious plan for London was unveiled today by Sadiq Khan – ‘Zero carbon London – a 1.5 degree compatible plan’. Stating the UK was in a climate emergency, the plan aims to bring down carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent by 2022, and to zero from transport and buildings by 2050. But London can’t …

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