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Take Action to Stop Climate Chaos

Act Now

Below are the actions which you can take with People & Planet.

Strengthen the Climate Bill

The Government have announced that they will increase the UK’s target for carbon reductions from 60% to 80%.

This is great news, but a loop-hole in the Climate Bill could mean none of the emissions cuts actually happen here in the UK. Instead the Government and corporations will be able to buy their way out of trouble.

• Take Action: Call on Ed Miliband, the new Climate Change Minister, to close the loop-hole and strengthen the Climate Bill.

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

Go Green

Britain’s universities, colleges and schools have a huge environmental impact - one that could and should be massively reduced. The UK Higher Education (HE) sector emits 3 million tonnes of CO₂ into the atmosphere every year, and is responsible for over 1 million journeys daily. Schools emit 9.3 million tonnes of CO₂ per year, and that’s not counting the 1.2 million tonnes of CO₂ emitted by people traveling to school by car.

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.

Ditch Dirty Development

Oil and gas extraction contributes to climate change by increasing new supplies of fossil fuels. We need to end our reliance on fossil fuels and start investing in climate friendly solutions, in particular renewable energy. But at the moment billions more is invested in new fossil fuel extraction than in renewables.

The UK Government is currently using taxpayers money to support oil and gas extraction projects around the world, mainly through the World Bank. And private banks like the Royal Bank of Scotland (which owns Natwest) use your money to invest in climate changing oil and gas. 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.

Step it Up @ Bali

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

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.