Global Day for Climate Change - Liverpool

Start: Saturday, November 06, 2021 • 12:00 PM

Sefton Park Gates by the Obelisk, Liverpool, L17 1AP

Host Contact Info: liverpool@cop26coalition.org

In November the UN "COP26" climate talks begin in Glasgow. We will be protesting across the world to demand radical action on climate change and climate justice.

Climate change is already destroying the lives of millions of people. 2021 has seen floods and hurricanes to some of the biggest wildfires in history. The poorest people in the world and the Global South are disproportionately affected by these events, which have been created by the industrialisation of the richest nations.

In the UK the COP26 Coalition is calling protests across the country on Sat 6 Nov to demand climate justice. Many activists will protest in Glasgow, but there are regional and local events as well to ensure maximum participation.

This protest has been called by the Liverpool COP26 Hub.

More info: https://m.facebook.com/events/s/liverpool-city-region-cop26-cl/1909334552580447/

Liverpool COP26 Hub is also still looking for people to volunteer to Steward the event. If you are interested, check out our website for details:          https://www.unisonljmu.org.uk/community/climate-justice-liverpool/stewards-needed

Save the world from home

It’s always tempting to point the finger at other people, businesses or nations when looking for environmental scapegoats, but we all have a responsibility to look at our own lifestyles and see what we can do to reduce our carbon emissions. After all, those big smoke-spewing factories in China are making stuff to satisfy our consumerist demands!

Again, a good starting point is to find out your own carbon footprint. This will help you to understand which aspects of your life are causing the most carbon emissions and therefore what needs to change first. There are several on-line carbon calculators such as the WWF’s https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/#/

A few hints and tips:

· Don’t try to do everything at once – take a step-wise approach, starting with the easiest or cheapest things that make the most difference, such as installing loft insulation.

· Think about what’s most essential in life, as well as what scores the highest numbers. For instance, heating our homes burns a lot of carbon – but you do need to be warm. Whereas overseas flights are a less painful thing to cut back on.

· Swim against the tide of materialism. We are bombarded with adverts and keeping-up with-the-Joneses pressures to constantly want more; but everything we buy costs carbon to produce and will probably mostly end up in landfill. Every pound you spend can either make the world a better place or a worse place, so shop mindfully: think about where that product has come from, who made it, whether you really need it, how much use or pleasure you will get out of it, and what will happen to it once you’ve finished with it.

· Finally – be positive! It can sometimes seem that being green is all about having to give fun things up. We have sleepwalked into a way of life in which we accept polluted air, cheap plastic goods and sitting in traffic jams as inescapable. But a low-carbon society is also a society in which the air is breathable, the streets are safer, your neighborhood is full of nature again, you are healthier and you have more time for your family and community.

 

Global Day of Action for Climate Justice

 

Manchester - Global Day of Action for Climate Justice 6th Nov

Start: Saturday, November 06, 2021 • 12:00 PM

St Peter's Square Cross• St Peter's Square M2 3AE, Manchester, United Kingdom M2 3AE

Host Contact Info: manchester@cop26coalition.org

Direct Link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/manchester-cop26-protest

In November the UN "COP26" climate talks begin in Glasgow. We will be protesting across the world to demand radical action on climate change and climate justice.

Climate change is already destroying the lives of millions of people. 2021 has seen floods and hurricanes to some of the biggest wildfires in history. The poorest people in the world and the Global South are disproportionately affected by these events, which have been created by the industrialisation of the richest nations.

In the UK the COP26 Coalition is calling protests across the country on Sat 6 Nov to demand climate justice. Many activists will protest in Glasgow, but there are regional and local events as well to ensure maximum participation.

This protest has been called by the Manchester COP26 Hub.

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1025938184909751