BaCCaCC

(Bradford and Calderdale against Climate Change) is the local branch of the National Campaign against Climate Change. We aim to raise awareness of the dangers of climate change, and to campaign locally and nationally for action to mitigate those dangers. We are non-sectarian and inclusive and will collaborate with any organisation or individual that seriously wishes to work for the preservation of relatively benign climate conditions.

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Europe hit badly by climate change




Europe will be badly hit by climate change. Drought in the Southern countries, melting glaciers in Switzerland and flooding in Germany and the Low countries are among the adverse effects of global warming as detailed by the European Environmental agency. Learn more here. Meanwhile, the US has ruled out doing any more to combat it. Read more about that here

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Further proof that Blair is the enemy of the climate


The UK is not reaching its emissions targets under Kyoto. Yet Blair wants to emit more carbon dioxide. The UK government is pushing for the EU to allow British companies to increase their emissions. The full story is in Building For a Better Future here

Friday, November 25, 2005

Public Meeting and Further Action




Bradford Campaign Against Climate Change had a small but perfectly formed meeting at Bradford Central Library last night, which included representatives of Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the Green Party, the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Science and Respect. We discussed the problems facing us and our strategies for building the movement in the months after the Climate March. There were disagreements, which were aired in a calm and friendly way and did not greatly affect our decisions about further action.

We decided that our first course of action should be, under the idea of Think Global, Act Local, to lobby Bradford Council to go further in cutting its own emissions and those of the area for which it is responsible. The Council is a signatory to the Nottingham Declaration, which binds it to such action. Graham Love (Green Party councillor) said he would put down a written question about this, to which the council should respond at the full council meeting a week on Tuesday, when he would have the chance to ask a supplementary. We may demonstrate at the next council meeting if their answers fall short of our reasonable expectations.

We also decided that we should get out more material in languages other than English in our area and leaflet mosques and temples. We should also have small and quite informal meetings in community centres and similar buildings. If you have any ideas for further action add comments to this blog.

May I urge you all to write letters to the local newspapers highlighting the march, and pointing out that many people in Bradford, including quite a lot of young people, are very concerned about this issue.

Still tickets left at the Students' Union for the coach. I've sold all mine!

The Respect conference passed several motions on climate change and nuclear power last weekend. Read about them here. If any other organisations have conferences which pass such motions, please feel free to include news about them in the comments.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Climate Change Meeting Thursday 24 7:30 pm





MEETING ROOM 1: BRADFORD CENTRAL LIBRARY (Meeting Room 1) 7:30 PM

Speakers:

Brian Collier (Bradford Campaign against Climate Change and RESPECT)

Cllr Martin Love (Green Party)

Fazlun Khalid (IFEES)

Chris Mackin (Greenpeace)

Friday, November 18, 2005

Coach from Bradford




We have a 53 seat coach from Bradford, leaving at 7am on December 3 2005 from outside the Richmond Building on Great Horton Road (just up from the Bradford College Old Building). Tickets are £12 (£8 unwaged) from myself or the Bradford University Students' Union. It will cost £700 (and we have £300), so these are economic ticket prices, but I'd still like to raise some more. Suggestions?

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Bradford Campaign Against Climate Change









This will be the news blog of Bradford Campaign Against Climate Change, created by Brian Collier, but I hope carried on by everyone!

News:

Climb against Climate Change, by Bradford College staff and students, made it up Pen-y-Ghent on Saturday 12 November and made over £300 in sponsorship. We will book a coach soon.

I will shortly be opening a bank account under the name of Bradford Campaign against Climate Change

There will be a public meeting about climate change at Bradford Central Library on November 24 at 7:30pm. Speakers from the Green Party, Greenpeace and Respect are confirmed. I hope more are to come.