Climate change is driving disasters – like storms, floods, droughts and heatwaves – which are already devastating people’s lives here in the UK and around the world. Climate change is also affecting the plants and animals we love and rely on.The scary truth is our leaders aren’t doing enough. But we still have time to fix this and we have the solutions that we need at our fingertips.
Communities around the UK are taking the lead where our government isn’t – from school children going on strike, to building our own clean, affordable community energy systems, passing climate emergency council motions and generally creating greener, fairer communities. Together we can join all of this local activity together and force our leaders to create the big systemic changes that we need. Read on for some things you can do to build a Climate Action Campaign in your community.
Our Climate Action Plan calls on the government to commit by 2020 to:
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Aim for 100% clean energy.
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Invest in green and affordable transport.
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Double tree cover to tackle climate change and support nature.
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Ban fracking and stop using dirty fuels.
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Fund huge scale insulation and eco-heating.
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Stop spending on harmful infrastructure – like airport expansion.
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Pay our fair share to help vulnerable countries.
