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Climate Frontline: the voices of those in Africa who are experiencing climate change now.

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:30:49 +0000

” It is the voices of the people on the frontline of climate change that need to be heard“.
Jenny Rafanomezana.

Jenny, one of the authors of the report, was born and brought up in Salisbury and attended South Wilts Grammar school. Now working for Self Help Africa she is invloved in working in many of the poorest countries in Africa helping the rural subsistence farmers adapt to the changes in the climate which they have been experiencing for a number of years.
The report has been launched in London and in Brussels to draw the attention of World leaders to the efforts being made by the people themselves with the support of small NGOs and their local partners.

International concern about climate change is rising, and although countless reports demonstrate the scale of the problem at the global and regional levels, the voices of men and women on the ‘frontline’ of climate change are heard less often.
Joining with four other development charities, Self Help Africa has produced a report called Climate Frontline which allows these voices to be heard directly.
In the report, vulnerable men and women describe, in their own words, how climate change is affecting them, and how they are doing their best to adapt by building on local knowledge and diversifying their livelihoods.
Climate Frontline is intended as a contribution to the ongoing discussions in advance of the Copenhagen summit on climate change next month in the hope that sufficient and reliable support will be provided for vulnerable communities.

To read or download the report visit www.climatefrontlineafrica.org

Or watch the climate frontline video.

Or request your own copy here.

Age of Stupid – further Salisbury showing October 22nd

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:40:28 +0000

“I defy anyone coming out not to feel like they’ve got to make a difference ”

Caroline Lucas MEP

The Age of Stupid is back by popular demand. Following a sell-out performance in September there will be a further showing of this blockbuster film about climate change at 7:30pm on Thursday 22nd October at the Studio Theatre Ashley Road Salisbury – cost £5.

To avoid disappointment you can reserve a seat in advance by emailing us (see ‘Contact’ page). Reserved tickets need to be picked up at the theatre by 7:15pm on the night.

From the makers of McLibel, a Spanner Films production, this film tackles the elephant in the room, and confronts the relationship between oil and climate change. Starring Pete Postlethwaite as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, it uses ‘archive’ footage from 2007 and asks, why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

Age of Stupid website with making of and reviews

Wiltshire Council affirm support for Nottingham Declaration & 10:10 Campaign

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:25:10 +0000

There was great concern across Wiltshire when 9 councillors signed up to a motion put to the Wiltshire Council meeting on 15.9.09 requesting that the Council withdraw from the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change (a commitment to tackle the causes and effects of Climate Change).

However there was cause for celebration when the motion was resoundingly defeated – the final recorded vote showed 6 in favour of the motion and 84 voting against (i.e. in support of the Declaration). Not all of those who had signed up to the motion in fact supported it after the debate!

Leader of the Council Jane Scott was one of those who spoke against the motion and in support of the Nottingham Declaration and she said that she had never received so many emails on a single topic. There was further good news when Tony Sturgis, member with responsibility for the Environment, announced that the Council would be signing up to the 10:10 campaign, see press release.

Find out more about the 10:10 campaign and what you can do.10:10 documents for download and circulation

10:10 Briefing (.pdf, 48KB)

10:10 Executive Summary (.pdf, 52KB)

10:10 Messaging (.pdf, 52KB)

10:10 Full Details for Councils (.pdf, 88KB)

Help save the 2 degree limit – G8 Summit in Rome

admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:41:05 +0000

Avaaz.org is encouraging all climate campaigners and anyone who cares about the global effort to retard man-made global worming to make their voice heard in a worldwide petition to be presented to the G8 representatives in Rome this week.

Avaaz says:

The G8, meeting in Rome this week, is weighing a pledge to limit global warming below 2 degrees centigrade, the level at which scientists say a deadly climate chain reaction becomes dangerously likely. Canada, Japan, and Russia are trying to veto the 2-degree limit — and an immediate global outcry is needed to rescue it.

Sign the Avaaz petition

Find out more about Avaaz and what it stands for