Climate justice rally to be held as leaders meet for COP27
EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN LEAMINGTON SPA
PEOPLE from across Warwickshire will be gathering to take part in a climate change protest in Leamington Spa this month. The demonstration will take place in the Pump Room Gardens, as part of the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice Rally.
It is expected that thousands of people will take to the streets across the UK to demand climate justice.
The protests willcoincide with world leaders meeting in Egypt for COP27 and African movements calling for a Global Day of Action for climate justice.
Rishi Sunak has reversed his decision to skip the COP27 climate summit next week, bowing to pressure from activists, his own environment adviser and Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister accepted there is “no long-term prosperity without action on climate change” as he confirmed he will attend this year’s UN talks in Sharm El Sheikh that start on Sunday.
Speakers at the Leamington rally at 12pm on Saturday, November 12 will include Warwick and Leamington MP, Matt Western, local councillors and speakers from environmental organisations and charities involved in tackling the effects of global inequality. They will be talking about how we can protect our planet from climate change and help people already suffering across the world right now. The Leamington Rally is being organised by the Warwickshire Climate Alliance and Warwick and Leamington Labour Party. Co-organiser, David Mond from Warwickshire Climate Alliance, said: “We have to respond to the climate emergency on two fronts: adaptation and mitigation. Adaptation is essential, and easy to justify - its benefits are felt locally.
“Mitigation is harder - our efforts to reduce emissions will only benefit us as part of a global effort. But unless we all make that effort, across the whole world, we will face a terrifying climate breakdown. Governments and local councils need not only to prepare for the serious consequences of climate change, but also to accelerate all of our moves to a low carbon lifestyle, as part of a coordinated global endeavour to save the climate.”
Co-organiser Labour Party Policy Officer, Ali Lush said: “We have begun to see the effects of climate change in this country and Europe and North America. But in the global south, they have already been devastating, with whole communities destroyed or forced to relocate, losing their homes, crops and livelihoods due to extreme weather conditions which have been none of their making.
“Any measures agreed upon by global leaders to tackle climate change must address this disparity and plan for investment in a future which will benefit all people across the world, not just those richer and more powerful nations who have created these toxic conditions.”
We have to respond to the climate emergency on two fronts: adaptation and mitigation Co-organiser David Mound