International Day of Climate Action - Dec 8th

On Saturday I took the train (http://www.virgintrains.co.uk) to London to take part in the march in central London organised by the Campaign against Climate Change (http://www.campaigncc.org). Saturday was the first day of international talks about what the f we're going to do about climate change, which are taking place in Bali. The march in London was to highlight the need for at least 80% cuts in carbon emissions by 2050, and to encourage the UK government to take a lead on this. The current Climate Change Bill suggests that we cut carbon by only 60% by 2050, which is not enough to stop global temperatures rising beyond the 2C disaster point. Gordon Brown is apparently currently considering raising this figure to 80%.

After the march finished at the US Embassy (to point out that the USA are responsible for over 25% of the world's carbon emissions yet make up less than 5% of the global population), we heard from some speakers including Chris Huhne MP, one of the current leadership candidates for the Liberal Democrats. Its nice to see politicians from all parties getting involved in the debate on what to do about climate change, but things should be progressing much faster if we're to mitigate the worst effects.

http://www.icount.org.uk