Tuesday 31st January 2012

• Recent emission reductions due to recession, not government measures
• Emissions now rising, new government measures needed

An independent UK watchdog has today increased the pressure on the Scottish Government to amend the budget to ensure Scotland meets the targets set out in the Scottish Climate Change Act. [1]

11th December

Commenting on the conclusion of the Council of European Heads of State today, the UK based coalition Stop Climate Chaos (SCC), which organised The Wave - the world’s largest ever demonstration for action on climate change in London last Saturday, said:

This sounds like a step forward by the EU - provided that the EU is not robbing desperately needed aid budgets to meet its moral obligations to help poor countries tackle climate change. However, although such short term financial sticking plasters are important, the EU is still failing to get on track to provide its full share of the $150 billion per year that will be needed by 2020 - at the very latest, to fully support developing countries.

Unless the money is put in place to help the most vulnerable, millions of people - entire communities - are at risk from threats to food production, agriculture and water supplies. Poor countries cannot cope with this on their own. The longer we delay the worse the impacts will be and the higher the eventual cost.

- Ashok Sinha, Director of Stop Climate Chaos Coalition

Climate campaigner cycles from the Wirral to London to join historic march.

Richard Avery, 48, will this Friday attempt the most ambitious cycling challenge of his life – a 200 mile ride from his Greasby home to London in just 24 hours.

His destination is central London, where he will join tens of thousands fellow climate campaigners for a historic climate change march -The Wave- the following day (5 December).

More than 100 MPs have so far signed an early day motion calling on the UK government to urge the EU to take a stronger stand in tackling climate change.

With less than a month to go to the crucial UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, the motion says industrialised countries bear the greatest responsibility for global warming.

It calls on EU governments to commit to 40 per cent cuts in carbon emissions by 2020. The present target is 20 per cent, rising to 30 per cent if a global deal is reached at Copenhagen.

Contact: Sarah Jenkinson Tel: 0776 6682624

A major on-line advertising campaign to promote the UK’s biggest ever demonstration for urgent action on climate change is launched today (5 November) by the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition, with support from The Co-operative.

To coincide with the start of the crucial United Nations Climate Change Summit being held in Copenhagen, The Wave is being organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition of more than 100 charities, from the Women’s Institute and RSPB to Oxfam and Unison on Saturday 5 December.