Action:Days of action

We are a bunch of local activists that believe that there are people here, in Plymouth, who are concerned, willing to understand and to take action about the Climate Emergency we are living in.

Like the rest of the Rising Tide network, we work voluntarily by creating direct action against the root causes of Climate Change and providing popular education on this matter.

We also organize actions as a local ART NOT OIL group www.artnotoil.org.uk.

Today saw not only mass protests in London ahead of the G20 summit, but local demonstrations in cities around the UK and across the globe. Under the banner of Fossil Fools Day, activists held protests at banks, energy companies and power stations across the UK, the USA and South Africa to highlight the twin economic and climate crises.

FFD is soon! We know of various affinity group actions around the UK but thought we’d upload some inspirational public actions you can get involved with on the April 1st and some resources to help inspire you to take action in you local area. So, whether you’ve been looking for a chance to dip a toe into the growing climate action movement, or have had your kick-ass action planned since last year, now is the time to do it – whatever it is. On April 1st, join the global day of resistance and pull a prank that packs a punch.

Over the past 48 hours E.on has been targeted across the UK. If your action is not listed below, email E.on F.off (eon.foff@gmail.com) to let them know what happened where you were.

Overall, the 48 hours of action was a great first shot across the bows. E.On were rattled, local and national media took an interest, resources were gathered and are now ready to go, a new website is now up and running, a list of targets has been compiled and E.on know that if they try to build a new coal fired power station at Kingsnorth then they will face a barrage of direct action - both towards their daily operations and their supply chain. E.on be warned.

Friday 28th and Saturday 29th November 2008

The UK Government is calling for an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050, we are calling for 48 hours of action against E.ON and new coal NOW.

It's easy enough to set a target that's 42 years away, but we don’t stand a rapidly melting snowball's chance of achieving it if the government give the green light to new coal fired power stations (7 are in the planning stages, with E.ON’s new Kingsnorth being first up) and keep dishing out subsidies to new coal mines. Coal is the dirtiest fuel there is, so while the government continues with business-as-usual through the last 100 months we have to make a difference on climate change, we call for 48 hours of action against new coal – now!

On April 1st, take aim at your local Fossil Fool!

We are living through both alarming and amazing times: financial systems are creaking, climate change is being felt around the world, and the peak in fossil fuels fast approaches. Cracks are widening daily throughout the fossil fuel empire, and change is coming whether we like it or not.

Fossil Fools Day 2009 launches today. Spread the word and get plotting!

On April 1st, take aim at your local Fossil Fool

We are living through both alarming and amazing times: financial systems are creaking, climate change is being felt around the world, and the peak in fossil fuels fast approaches. Cracks are widening daily throughout the fossil fuel empire, and change is coming whether we like it or not.

Copenhagen December 09 climate change talks: social movements' response

This is a personal account of the first international organising meeting to discuss how the worlds social movements are to respond to the UN climate change negotiations, which will take place from the 30 November to 11 December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This is known as the UNFCC COP-15, in the jargon, the fifteenth UN Framework on Climate Change Conference Of Parties. This will be the world's biggest climate change meeting and talks ever. The plan is to sign a global agreement to limit human-induced climate change, the so-called Kyoto II or post-Kyoto agreement. Commentators are split as to whether such a deal will be signed. Almost all agree it is very unlikely to be a strong enough deal to limit emissions to that which many of the world's scientists are calling for. Worse some of the proposed policies may make things worse, such as the widespread switch from using oil to agrofuels for transport. How should radical social movements respond to these talks and the proposed policies?