WDM have teamed up with People and Planet, Platform and online campaigning organisation 38-degrees to launch an electronic petition to Alistair Darling to stop public money from being invested by bailed-out banks in companies linked to climate change and human rights abuses.
Take action now: sign our petition to Alistair Darling now.
Further information here.
Meeting & Events
Talk: Amartya Sen on ‘The Pursuit of Justice’. Amartya Sen is the Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard, and an Advisor to
Saturday 21st November 2009
One World Fair. Oxford WDM will have a stall at this annual event. Organised by Oxford Oxfam Group. At: Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates, Oxford. Full details t.b.a.
Thursday 26th November 2009, 4:00pm - 9:00pm
Didcot Street Fair.
Monday 30th November 2009, 7:45pm-10:00pm (Reading)
Launch of the new Reading Trade Justice/WDM Group. To launch the group, a film screening of The Yes Men Fix the World, and a discussion on climate justice will be held at RISC. Free entry, and refreshments will be provided. At: RISC, 35-39 London Street, Reading RG1 4PS. For further information, contact Katharine at katharine@wdm.org.uk or on 020 7820 4900.
Saturday 5th December 2009 (London)
Stop Climate Chaos march, 'the wave'. At the UN climate summit in Copenhagen this December world leaders will decide how to tackle global warming. They must deliver a fair international deal that keeps global warming under 2 degrees C and protects the poorest and most vulnerable people. See Stop Climate Chaos website for further info.
Oxford WDM monthly meeting - last one for the year. We will have a shorter meeting, and will be joined by WDM's director Deborah Doane and WDM's Network Officer Katharine Talbot. Then we will head over to 'the Old Tom' pub for a drink and celebration for WDM's successes this year. Meet at: Oxford Town Hall at 7:30pm, St Aldates. From 8:30pm, we will be at the 'Old Tom' pub, 101 St. Aldates, Oxford OX1 1BT. New members always welcome.
Saturday 12th December, 10:30am-4:30pm
Oxfordshire Green Fair. At: Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates. Oxford WDM will be holding a stall at this event. If you can help out on the stall, please contact Kevin on: ktam@yvs.eu.com.
7th - 18th December 2009
Copenhagen Climate Change conference.
Oxford Campaigners Dress as Power Stations For Climate Campaign!
On Saturday 12th September, members of Oxford WDM were dressed as cooling towers from coal-fired power stations in Cornmarket St, Oxford, campaigning for the Big If, against more of these power stations in the UK. The group asked passersby to do anything, from writing to their MP to organising a protest, if Ed Milliband, Minister for Climate Change and Energy, decides to go ahead with new coal-fired power stations without committing to stop all carbon emissions from the outset.
The proposed new dirty coal power station at Kingsnorth in Kent could by itself be responsible for:
Chris Manley, secretary of Oxford WDM said: "The largest coal power stations in the UK emit more carbon dioxide than the whole of a country like Tanzania. By pledging to take action if the government goes ahead with dirty coal power stations, ordinary people in Oxford are sending a clear message to the government that they will not stand idly by when climate change is already devastating the lives of millions of people across the planet."
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1. For more details please see www.thebigif.org/
The proposed new dirty coal power station at Kingsnorth in Kent could by itself be responsible for:More than 20,000 people being forced from their homes as climate refugeesLetting this happen would completely undermine the UK’s targets on climate change, and mean we have no credibility at crucial international climate talks in Copenhagen.
100,000 people losing their dry season water supply due to glaciers melting
50,000 people being at risk of hunger due to drought and lower crop yields
Chris Manley, secretary of Oxford WDM said: "The largest coal power stations in the UK emit more carbon dioxide than the whole of a country like Tanzania. By pledging to take action if the government goes ahead with dirty coal power stations, ordinary people in Oxford are sending a clear message to the government that they will not stand idly by when climate change is already devastating the lives of millions of people across the planet."
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1. For more details please see www.thebigif.org/
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