Rising Tide
 

CALL FOR A WEEK OF LOCAL UK CLIMATE ACTION DURING COP6.5 (BONN), JULY
16th-23rd JULY
...the tide is turning, resistance is rising...

Actions are planned around Britain to coincide with the first week of the COP6.5 climate meeting in Bonn.

We can?t say too much because we don?t want to give the game away (we?ll tell all after the week of actions). What we can say is that the actions involve protests against major companies involved in destroying the climate and public information events.

If you have not yet planned an action- there?s still time.
Even a small protest or an information stand helps to mark the week and create a presence.

WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU?RE DOING- E-MAIL
info@risingtide.org.uk OR CALL 01865 241 097

And heres whats happening in edinburgh:

edinburgh
  

Climate Talks
Trade Talks
Money Talks
All talk and no ACTION!

But not in Edinburgh!

The next round of UN climate changes negotiations take place in Bonn, Germany from 14th-23rd July (COP6.5 to discuss the Kyoto Protocol). The immediate 60% cuts in greenhouse gases scientists state is the required action is not even being discussed. The cut being negotiated is 5.2% across developed countries, with important exclusions, such as aviation and international freight (so as not to interfere with globalisation?).

Make you opposition known - join hundreds of others in the streets with your bike for 'Critical Mass', and a grand tour of Edinburgh's climate change landmarks.

When? Friday 20th July, 5.30 pm Where? Festival Square (large square on Lothian Rd, next to Shearaton Hotel, opposite Usher Hall) What to bring? Yourselves, friends and bikes, rollerskates or equivalent, anything thats colourful and/or makes a noise!

Contact details:
Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh
17 West Montgomery Place, Edinburgh EH7 5HA
Tel: 0131 557 6242
Email: ccedinburgh@yahoo.co.uk
Email: ace@autonomous.org.uk

This event is also part of 'Foot & Mouth'..
more info - www.reshape.org.uk/ ..

 

there are more events happening around the u.k. with details to be posted soon..
meanwhile, here is our action proposal from a short while ago to give you some ideas:


Action Proposal (June 2001):

We are planning a week of local actions in the UK during the first week of the COP6.5 climate meeting in Bonn, from July 14-21st this year. COP6 in The Hague in November 2000 saw inspiring actions take place both in The Hague and all over the UK (not to mention the rest of the world). These Rising Tide actions condemned the way the unsigned Kyoto protocol is becoming a trade deal dominated by businessmen desperate for a piece of the new market in trading carbon emissions. The actions also called for 60-90% reductions in such emissions, and fast.

It's time to make our voices heard, only louder this time. COP6.5 will also see a mobilisation in Bonn to which many UK people may travel, but there is also a growing feeling among Rising Tide UK people that many of us would rather make an impact where we live.

Various events and actions are coming together all over the place, and we hope you're able to participate during the week, as well as letting us know what your plans are so that we can collate them on the Rising Tide (UK) website well before the week begins. Good luck to all of us!

Details: info@risingtide.org.uk