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UPCOMING EVENTS...

COPENHAGEN CLIMATE EMERGENCY


NORWICH PUBLIC MEETING
WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2009

7.30pm United Reformed Church, Princes St, Norwich
(near Cinema City)

Prof Kevin Anderson
Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

This internationally renowned climate scientist will outline the action needed to prevent climate disaster.

Ann Pettifor, New Economics Foundation
Former head of Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt’ campaign

Others will describe how we can change to a low-carbon economy which will create jobs and benefit us all. Discussion on how to help this and how to press politicians to do more locally, nationally and at Copenhagen.

Organised by Campaign Against Climate Change, supported by FOE, Greenpeace members, Transitions Norwich




NORWICH CLIMATE MARCH
SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2009

Ahead of the crucial UN climate summit in Copenhagen, millions of people around the world are marching to demand a safe climate future for all

Assemble Chapelfield Gardens 12.00

A colourful, family-friendly event with music, speakers and stalls. Bring families, banners, pictures of grandchildren, rainbows, windmills … and messages to MPs! March off 12.30 prompt, to rally at Forum 1.15 to 2.30.

Organised by: Norfolk Campaign Against Climate Change (CACC), Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace supporters, Transitions Norwich and many others.




NATIONAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY MARCH , LONDON
SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2009

Join the national rally, march and ‘The Wave’ - the UK’s biggest ever demonstration in support of action on climate change.

http://www.campaigncc.org/climatemarch2009;www.stopclimatechaos.org/the-wave;

COACHES FROM NORWICH
Tickets on sale at The Greenhouse, 42 Bethel Street (Tues-Sat) and UEA Students Union.

Information, e-mail: NorwichCACC@live.co.uk 07794 690322

The Co-operative and Oxfam are also running coaches to London for their supporters, from Norwich and Waveney valley. www.co-operative.coop/thewaveWaveney coach contact Kate 01986 897082

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