Stop Climate Chaos
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Stop Climate Chaos is a climate change coalition of primarily environmental and international development NGOs that was formed in September 2005. The coalition ran the big I Count
campaign in 2006–07 and organised The Wavehttp://www.stopclimatechaos.org/the-wave - a campaign focused on the climatic impacts of energy production which took place on the 5th of December 2009 in the run up to the UN talks in Copenhagen. The coalition encourages individuals to lobby the UK government for positive policies on climate change
. From 2005 to 2010 the director of the coalition was Ashok Sinha
. There is also a Scottish secretariat called Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
.
to under 2° C (3.6 °F) and so avoiding the more serious consequences of global warming
.
In 2006 the campaign focussed 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 campaign then focussed on the specifics of the Climate Change Bill
with three clear demands for inclusion in the bill:
All of the campaign demands were met and contributed to the UK's Climate Change Act 2008, a world-first.
.
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 is rethought.
The coalition are also working with The Age of Stupid
team on their Not Stupid campaign.
I Count
I Count is a campaign of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition of UK NGOs.The campaign aims to ensure that world leaders act on rising global greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep average global temperature increase to under 2°C and so avoiding the more serious consequences of global warming.In...
campaign in 2006–07 and organised The Wavehttp://www.stopclimatechaos.org/the-wave - a campaign focused on the climatic impacts of energy production which took place on the 5th of December 2009 in the run up to the UN talks in Copenhagen. The coalition encourages individuals to lobby the UK government for positive policies on climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
. From 2005 to 2010 the director of the coalition was Ashok Sinha
Ashok Sinha
Ashok Sinha is a British environmental campaigner and commentator, best known for his involvement with the Jubilee Debt Campaign, for jointly founding Make Poverty History and leading the Stop Climate Chaos coalition....
. There is also a Scottish secretariat called Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland is the devolved Scottish equivalent of Stop Climate Chaos UK. It is a coalition formed by trade unions, environmental and international development organisations, faith and other groups to campaign for government action on climate change, and was launched in September 2005...
.
The I Count Campaign
The I Count campaign aimed to ensure that world leaders act on rising global greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep average global temperature increaseGlobal warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
to under 2° C (3.6 °F) and so avoiding the more serious consequences of global warming
Effects of global warming
This article is about the effects of global warming and climate change. The effects, or impacts, of climate change may be physical, ecological, social or economic. Evidence of observed climate change includes the instrumental temperature record, rising sea levels, and decreased snow cover in the...
.
In 2006 the campaign focussed on the lead up to the Queen's speech, urging the Government to introduce a Climate Change Bill
United Kingdom Climate Change Bill
The Climate Change Act 2008 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act makes it the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that the net UK carbon account for all six Kyoto greenhouse gases for the year 2050 is at least 80% lower than the 1990 baseline, toward avoiding dangerous...
in the forthcoming Parliamentary session
Parliamentary session
A legislative session is the period of time in which a legislature, in both parliamentary and presidential systems, is convened for purpose of lawmaking, usually being one of two or more smaller divisions of the entire time between two elections...
- including legally binding cuts in emissions (3% per year and 50% by 2050), and an annual carbon budget
Carbon budget
Carbon budget refers to the contribution of various sources of carbon dioxide on the planet. Carbon budget has nothing to do with political agendas, climate change legislation, carbon controls, carbon storage, or geopolitical carbon footprint....
.
The campaign then focussed on the specifics of the Climate Change Bill
United Kingdom Climate Change Bill
The Climate Change Act 2008 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act makes it the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that the net UK carbon account for all six Kyoto greenhouse gases for the year 2050 is at least 80% lower than the 1990 baseline, toward avoiding dangerous...
with three clear demands for inclusion in the bill:
- A target of 80% reduction in emissions by 2050
- Yearly targets for emissions reductions
- Aviation and shipping to be included in the emissions targets
All of the campaign demands were met and contributed to the UK's Climate Change Act 2008, a world-first.
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 UK government to boost investment in renewables and scrap plans for a string of coal power stations beginning with KingsnorthKingsnorth power station
Kingsnorth is a dual-fired coal and oil power station on the Hoo Peninsula at Medway in Kent, South East England. The four-unit station is owned and operated by energy firm E.ON UK, and has a generating capacity of 1,940 megawatts. It is capable of operating on either coal or oil though in practice...
.
Via a pair of e-actions on their website, thousands of emails were sent to Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Edward Samuel Miliband is a British Labour Party politician, currently the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition...
, Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
and campaigners' local MPs
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
requesting energy policy is rethought.
The coalition are also working with The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid is a 2009 British film by Franny Armstrong, director of McLibel and Drowned Out, and founder of 10:10, and first-time producer Lizzie Gillett...
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 UK parties 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 on 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.Members
The members of the coalition include:- ActionAidActionAidActionAid was founded in 1972 as a child sponsorship charity when 88 UK supporters sponsored 88 children in India and Kenya, the focus primarily being to provide children with an education. Global accounts are now reported in Euros and in 2007 and 2008 turnover was close to 180m Euros...
- Action for Southern Africa
- Airport Watch
- A RochaA RochaA Rocha is an international environmental organization with a Christian ethos. A Rocha, which means "the rock" in Portuguese , was founded in Portugal in 1983 by Anglican minister Peter Harris and his wife Miranda...
- BMS World Mission
- CAFODCAFODThe Catholic Agency For Overseas Development, previously known as the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, is a United Kingdom-based international aid agency working to alleviate poverty and suffering in developing. It is funded by the Catholic community in England and Wales, the UK government...
- Campaign against Climate ChangeCampaign against Climate ChangeThe Campaign against Climate Change is a UK-based pressure group that aims to raise public awareness of anthropogenic climate change through mobilizing mass demonstrations...
- Campaign to Protect Rural England
- Carplus
- Centre for Alternative TechnologyCentre for Alternative TechnologyThe Centre for Alternative Technology is an eco-centre in Powys, mid-Wales, dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development. CAT, despite its name, no longer concentrates its efforts exclusively on alternative technology, but provides information on all aspects of sustainable living...
- Christian AidChristian AidChristian Aid is the official relief and development agency of 40 British and Irish churches and works to support sustainable development, alleviate poverty, support civil society and provide disaster relief in South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa and Asia...
- Climate Outreach and Information NetworkClimate Outreach and Information NetworkThe Climate Outreach and Information Network is a British charity that works with the general public to provide information about climate change and how to deal with it. Based in Oxford, it was registered as a charity in March 2008, and since then has run a number of projects and talks on climate...
- Come Off It
- Environmental Justice FoundationEnvironmental Justice FoundationThe Environmental Justice Foundation is a [non-governmental organisation]] founded in 2001 by Steve Trent and Juliette Williams that promotes the non-violent resolution of human rights abuses and related environmental issues in the Global South...
- Ethical ConsumerEthical ConsumerEthical Consumer is a not-for-profit UK magazine and , founded in 1989, which publishes information on the social, ethical and environmental behaviour of companies and issues around trade justice and ethical consumerism. It defines its mission as to "promote universal human rights, environmental...
- Ethical Jobs
- Friends of the EarthFriends of the EarthFriends of the Earth International is an international network of environmental organizations in 76 countries.FOEI is assisted by a small secretariat which provides support for the network and its agreed major campaigns...
- From Greenhouse to Green House
- Garden OrganicGarden OrganicGarden Organic, formerly known as the Henry Doubleday Research Association , is the UK's leading organic growing charity dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food.-History:...
- Glasgow Eco-Renovation Project
- Global Student Forum
- GreenpeaceGreenpeaceGreenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
- green.tvGreen.tvGreen.tv is a broadband TV channel for films about environmental issues. It is managed by the digital agency, Large Blue, with key partners the United Nations Environment Programme , WWF, Friends of the Earth, Oxfam, the RSPB and Greenpeace....
- IFEES
- Islamic ReliefIslamic ReliefIslamic Relief Worldwide is a Muslim international relief and development organization consisting of a family of 15 aid agencies that aims to alleviate the suffering of the world’s poorest people...
- Justice and Peace Scotland
- MedactMEDACTMedact is an organisation of British health professionals concerned with nuclear proliferation and other problems of a global nature.-History:...
- National Trust for ScotlandNational Trust for ScotlandThe National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, commonly known as the National Trust for Scotland describes itself as the conservation charity that protects and promotes Scotland's natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations to...
- National Union of Students of the United Kingdom
- Operation NoahOperation NoahOperation Noah may refer to:*Operation Noah , a 1944 reconnaissance operation by the Belgian Special Air Service*Operation Noah , a 1959 operation in Zambia and Zimbabwe to move animals from a flooding dam site...
- OxfamOxfamOxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
- People & PlanetPeople & PlanetPeople & Planet is a network of student campaign groups in the UK. It claims to be "the largest student campaigning organization in the country campaigning to alleviate world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment."-Organization:...
- Plan B
- Practical ActionPractical ActionPractical Action is a development charity registered in the United Kingdom which works directly in four regions of the developing world – Latin America, East Africa, Southern Africa and South Asia, with particular concentration on Peru, Kenya, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and Nepal.In these countries,...
- Road Block
- RSPB
- Scottish Action on Climate Change
- Save our World
- SCIAFSCIAFThe Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund, better known by its acronym SCIAF, is the official aid and development agency of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland...
- Shared Energy
- SPEAK networkSpeak networkSPEAK is an evangelical Christian network which connects people to campaign and pray on issues of global justice. Through bringing change to situations of injustice SPEAK aims to share their faith in God....
- Surfers Against SewageSurfers against SewageSurfers Against Sewage is a campaign for clean, safe recreational water free from sewage effluents, toxic chemicals, nuclear waste and marine litter. SAS also campaigns to protect surf spots from environmental damage, negative impacts on wave quality and to safeguard wave riders right of access....
- SustransSustransSustrans is a British charity to promote sustainable transport. The charity is currently working on a number of practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and use public transport, to give people the choice of "travelling in ways that benefit their health and the environment"...
- Take Global Warming Seriously
- TearfundTearfundTearfund is a UK Christian relief and development agency which works in over 50 countries. It is a founding member of both the Micah Network and the Disasters Emergency Committee.-History:...
- The Wildlife Trusts
- Transport 2000Transport 2000The Campaign for Better Transport is a UK advocacy group that promotes better bus and rail services and for supportive policies and for less expenditure on road building...
- UNA-UK
- Viva!
- UK Youth Climate CoalitionUK Youth Climate CoalitionThe UK Youth Climate Coalition is a grass-roots, non-profit youth organisation in the United Kingdom. The organisation is run entirely by unpaid volunteers, who are all under the ages of 25....
- UNISONUNISONUNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service...
- Women's Institute
- Womens Environmental Network
- Woodland TrustWoodland TrustThe Woodland Trust is a conservation charity in the United Kingdom concerned with the protection and sympathetic management of native woodland heritage.-History:...
- World Development MovementWorld Development MovementThe World Development Movement is a membership organisation in the United Kingdom which campaigns on issues of global justice and development in the Global South....
- WWF-UK
- Youth Against Climate Change
See also
- I CountI CountI Count is a campaign of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition of UK NGOs.The campaign aims to ensure that world leaders act on rising global greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep average global temperature increase to under 2°C and so avoiding the more serious consequences of global warming.In...
- Stop Climate Chaos ScotlandStop Climate Chaos ScotlandStop Climate Chaos Scotland is the devolved Scottish equivalent of Stop Climate Chaos UK. It is a coalition formed by trade unions, environmental and international development organisations, faith and other groups to campaign for government action on climate change, and was launched in September 2005...
- Stop Climate Chaos Canada
- Campaign against Climate ChangeCampaign against Climate ChangeThe Campaign against Climate Change is a UK-based pressure group that aims to raise public awareness of anthropogenic climate change through mobilizing mass demonstrations...
(UK pressure group)
Campaign Issues
- United Kingdom Climate Change ProgrammeUnited Kingdom Climate Change ProgrammeThe United Kingdom's Climate Change Programme was launched in November 2000 by the British government in response to its commitment agreed at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development...
- United Kingdom Climate Change BillUnited Kingdom Climate Change BillThe Climate Change Act 2008 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act makes it the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that the net UK carbon account for all six Kyoto greenhouse gases for the year 2050 is at least 80% lower than the 1990 baseline, toward avoiding dangerous...
General
- Action on climate changeAction on climate changeIndividual and political action on climate change can take many forms, most of which have the ultimate goal of limiting and/or reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, toward avoiding dangerous climate change.-Political action:...
- Climate changeClimate changeClimate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
- Global Day of ActionGlobal Day of ActionGlobal Day of Action is a direct action protest format. Environmentalism initiatives begun to use it in 2005 in connection with Global Climate Campaign. They aimed to focus world attention on the anthropogenic effect that humans are having on global warming...
- Kyoto ProtocolKyoto ProtocolThe Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , aimed at fighting global warming...
- Sustainable transportSustainable transportSustainable transport refers to any means of transport with low impact on the environment, and includes walking and cycling, transit oriented development, green vehicles, CarSharing, and building or protecting urban transport systems that are fuel-efficient, space-saving and promote healthy...