Stop Climate Chaos

Stop Climate Chaos is a climate change coalition of environmental and international development, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), that was formed in September 2005. The coalition ran the "I Count" campaign in 2006–07 and organized 'The Wave', a campaign focused on the climatic impacts of energy production which took place on 5 December 2009, in the run-up to the UN talks in Copenhagen.

Stop Climate Chaos
FoundedSeptember 2005
London, United Kingdom
TypeCoalition of NGOs
FocusEnvironmentalism
Location
  • London, United Kingdom
Area served
United Kingdom
MethodLobbying, Demonstration
Members
in excess of 100 organisations who comprise the coalition's 11 million members
Websitehttp://www.stopclimatechaos.ie

The coalition encourages individuals to enact their own approaches and to lobby the government of the United Kingdom for what they see as positive policies on climate change. From 2005 to 2010, the director of the coalition was environmental campaigner Ashok Sinha. There is also a Scottish secretariat called Stop Climate Chaos Scotland.

'I Count' Campaign

The 'I Count' campaign aimed to ensure that world leaders act on rising global greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep the average global temperature increase to under 2°C (3.6°F) and avoid the more serious consequences of global warming.

In 2006, the campaign focused on the lead-up to the Queen's speech, urging the Government to introduce a Climate Change Bill in the forthcoming Parliamentary session, including legally binding cuts in emissions (3% per year and 50% by 2050), and an annual carbon budget.

The 'I Count' London Climate Change Rally was a demonstration in London on November 4, 2006. It was attended by 20,000 to 25,000 people and was timed to coincide with the release of the Stern Report, calling on the government to take more serious action to prevent damage from climate change.

The event started with an initial rally at Grosvenor Square, outside the US Embassy, where George Monbiot, Caroline Lucas, and Norman Baker addressed the crowd. The rally marched to Trafalgar Square, joining an already assembled crowd. The campaign then focussed on the contents of the Climate Change Bill and criticised the initial proposals as failing to take into account the 2°C 'global warming danger threshold'.[1]

The Energy Campaign

At the end of 2008, with the climate change act through parliament, the coalition switched its attention to energy policy. The new campaign demands were for the government to boost investment in renewables and scrap plans for a string of coal power stations beginning with Kingsnorth. Via a pair of e-actions on their website, thousands of emails were sent to Ed Miliband, Gordon Brown and campaigners' local MPs requesting energy policy to be rethought. The coalition is also working with The Age of Stupid team on their Not Stupid campaign.

The Wave

On 5 December 2009, people from all walks of life gathered in London and Glasgow to mark the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which took place in Copenhagen. The aim was to rally the British Government and other members of other parties in the United Kingdom to ‘Quit Dirty Coal’, ‘Protect the Poorest’ and ‘Act Fair & Fast’ to avoid the worst impacts of Climate Change. Reports of attendance vary from 40,000 to 60,000 people, which makes it the largest demonstration of climate change in the world to date.

Lobby of MPs

In November 2010, the coalition organised the "Big Climate Connection", a lobby of MPs regarding the Cancún climate summit and the forthcoming Energy Bill. [2]

Members

The members of the coalition include:

See also

References
  1. "I Count Campaign know Government can do better". Stop Climate Chaos. 2007-03-13. Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
  2. "Details". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2021-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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