Tomorrow (5 Dec) is The Wave
If you’re anywhere near London (or, indeed, Glasgow) tomorrow, why not take part in one of the biggest climate change demonstrations ever? It’s going to be like a Make Poverty History for a new generation and a burning issue (literally).
You can find details about it here — it’s all about convincing leaders at the Copenhagen climate talks to do the right thing and make the difficult firm decisions on cutting the carbon emissions necessary to avoid environmental disaster.
This is going to be made more difficult, according to the Guardian’s George Monbiot, by an unlikely potential villain — the Canadian government. This eye-opening blog post is well worth reading for those with an interest in what is realistic to expect from the massively important talks in Copenhagen next week.
It does, however, raise the awkward question of whether meaningful progress can be made at all without radically rethinking the amount we in the wealthy countries consume (and therefore cause to be produced).
Here’s that blog again: canada-tar-sands-copenhagen-climate-deal check it out.
