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The "I Count" Climate Change Rally

On Saturday November 4, in Trafalgar Square, Stop Climate Chaos will launch the I Count campaign. This is the start of something big, as organisations and individuals make their voices heard in the fight against climate change.

On the eve of critical international climate change talks in Nairobi, join Operation Noah and other members of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition to send a message to the Prime Minister and other world leaders that they too must stand up to stop climate chaos.

Gathering point for Christians who care about climate justice: Grosvenor Chapel, 24 Audley Street, London W1K 2PA

Doors open and refreshments served from 10am. Nearest tube station: Green Park

11:15 - Worship Service

Organised by Operation Noah and Christian Ecology Link

12:00 - Rally

Campaign Against Climate Change Rally in Grosvenor Square: speeches from MPs, MEPs and environmentalists

12:45 - March

from Grosvenor Square to Trafalgar Square, due to arrive by 2pm

Tearfund are organising a service of worship at St-Martins-in-the-Fields Church, just off Trafalgar Square, from 12:30 to 1:15, to which you will also be wecome.

I Count -- Stop Climate Chaos Mass Gathering - Trafalgar Square

The rally starts at 1pm. The main part is from 2pm to 3pm with inspirational speakers

3:30 - 4:30pm - Refreshments and find out more

Operation Noah and other Christian organisations will be hosting refreshments and the opportunity to browse more information about climate change, just around the corner at St Paul's Church, Bedford Street, WC2E 9ED

All Welcome

Please try to travel to the event in an environmentally friendly way, for example, walk, cycle, share a coach/car or take the train or bus.

For more information:

http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/news_and_events/..

Stop Climate Chaos say...

"Without urgent action, climate change will devastate life on earth. Hundreds of millions of people, particularly the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, will be put at severe risk of drought, floods, starvation, and disease. By the middle of the century up to one third of land-based species could face extinction.
Politicians have so far failed to take sufficient action to avoid this. Yet the choices made in the next five to ten years will determine the extent of the devastation faced by future generations. We can save millions of lives and a multitude of species by keeping the average global temperature increase under 2°C. To achieve this, global greenhouse gas emissions must peak and be falling irreversibly by 2015.

High emitting countries, with their responsibility for historic emissions, must reduce their emissions to make certain that this goal is achieved. But because all countries share the obligation to ensure that damaging global warming is permanently avoided, each must commit to policies to guarantee that global greenhouse gas emissions decline beyond 2015. Before this decade is out, world leaders must have lived up to their duty to prevent catastrophic climate change, via open, transparent and accountable mechanisms, processes that promote global social and economic justice and through the use of environmentally sustainable technologies. We will act to ensure that they do."

For more information:

http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/about_us/8.asp

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