Climate Fair
Our Aim: • Encourage & Support Surrey’s Councils to Declare Meaningful Climate Emergencies • Scrutinise and Encourage Action • Inform and Help People take Meaningful Actions on Climate Change
- Part of South East Climate Alliance of 72 groups - Promoting our concern about environmental impact & the Climate Emergency - Educating and influencing for Action for the sake of the next generation
Our 2019 Activities: Food refill centre (coming soon) • Pushing for Declarations of CE • • Consultation responses • Monthly events (Climate Café) • Dorking Trees-4-Life promotion • Sustainable Farming Talk, etc • Our Cockerel logo goes wild • Family Week of events in November • Joined Surrey Climate Commission • Question Time panel event • Full programme for 2020 • Winnie the Pooh and the Fracking Well
Our Planet Earth Care about this ! Our thin vulnerable atmosphere
Carbon dioxide concentration Latest measurement Aug 2019 412 ppm This change in just 0.07 thousand years. --Not Natural-- k
Carbon dioxide concentration Steadily Rising Not even showing methane, SF 6 , N 2 O
Sea level rise (over century) Steadily accelerating Up and somewhat Exponential >1m rise is likely
Temperature rise Steadily accelerating Up and somewhat Exponential and ocean acidification
Ice Mass 286,000,000,000,000 decrease kg per year reduction Has the potential to create run-away feedback loop
Ice Mass change
Antarctic Larson rift Section of ice bigger than France & UK combined splitting from Antarctic in 2018 and melting
Tipping Points Simply Too risky to bet against !
Earth’s temperature rise
UK CO 2 emissions 32% reduction in last 20yrs BUT Excludes: International Aviation (to/from UK) emissions International Shipping (to/from UK) emissions Imported products, goods, services emissions So actually, UK CO 2 emissions have not reduced in last 20 yrs (government’s own figures) The Challenge is big. UK Government
Species Extinction growth: Extinction Risk Human Population: At current rate, by 2100, over one third of current species could be extinct
Dorking Climate Emergency (DCE) – Climate Fair Temperature Food for change over thought last 140 years
Climate Emergency Risks All This Global Temperature Rise Warming Oceans Tipping Points Glacial Retreat Lack of Water Supply Extreme Coastal Flooding Extreme Weather Events Ocean Acidification Regular Major Storms Reducing Snow Cover Droughts, Famine, Migration More Forest Fires
Now Some Positive News Care about this ! Hope for our thin vulnerable atmosphere
New Clean Solar Energy is Growing Massively Massive drop in solar PV costs Exponential growth of solar energy
New Clean Wind Energy is Growing Massively Massive growth of wind energy Exponential growth of all renewable energy 100x growth expected in next 10 years
Friday 21 st Feb 2020 Our Electricity is only 20% fossil getting Greener fuels for Electricity. Massive Progress. But heating remains primerily fossil fuel (fossil) based. (fossil) Plenty of spare low carbon electricity capacity over night
New Clean Energy is Growing Exponentially Rapid growth of energy battery storage. Exponential fall of costs and Will mitigate the issue of some renewables so growth of take-up. being intermittent energy. But batteries have waste issues! The POWER of Tipping Points.
New Clean Energy is Growing Exponentially Exponential growth forecast of Electric Vehicles Massive growth of low energy LED lighting At these growth rates new clean electricity could totally replace conventional electricity in just 15-20 years!
Plant Trees Such a no-brainer: win-win But not as an alternative to addressing the root causes. See Dorking Trees4Life
The RE Hierarchy: REthink ü REfuse ü REduce REfuse REcycle Don’t consume ü REpair Close the loop what you don’t and remake Be mindful of : need to ü REuse REduce REcover ü REcycle your consumption, REnewable Reduce Hunt out materials consumption ü REgift and up-cycle Use, Produce and of energy and your relationship with buy Renewable materials ü REcover ‘things’, Energy and materials REgift REuse ü REnewable and with the Earth. Share with others Share, and be REpair Find new uses for part of the gift old objects economy Fix or upgrade your objects rather than throwing them away - The power of RE -
But so much There is no Planet B more Action is needed Can’t have an Emergency without Action Hope for our thin vulnerable atmosphere
9 Ways to Act #BEINCONVENIENT 1. Speak Truth to Power : Support climate change solutions at council meetings and other open forums with elected leaders. Support and vote for elected officials who will act on climate issues. Work to defeat those who will not. 2. Talk about Climate Change : Watch the Al Gore film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and the sequel ‘Truth to Power’. Use the 10 minute primer on the video as a great conversation starter. See: www.climaterealityproject.org 3. Write about Climate Issues & Concerns : Write a letter to the editor, opinion piece or post on social media about the urgency of the climate crisis and climate solutions. Engage with those who do not see the problem. 4. Switch your Community to Renewables : Tell community leaders you want clean energy for your village, town or city. 5. Make your Business and Employer more Sustainable : Your business can save money while it saves the planet. 6. Run for Office : There are thousands of opportunities to run for office; join a clean energy or sustainability company; or join a campaigning group; and make a difference at local, district, county, regional, national or even global level. 7. Walk the Talk at Home : Purchase energy efficient appliances and consider switching to solar PV and/or switching to a 100% renewable electricity provider and Electric Vehicles. Think to reduce waste (energy, water, plastic, packaging, food) 8. Eat with the Planet in Mind : Eating a bit less red meat; choosing local foods; limit air miles; and buying organic products helps reduce your environmental impact. 9. Vote with your Money : Invest in or buy from companies with responsible environmental policies. Power of the Purse.
www.dorking-climate-emergency.net website: twitter.com/dorkingclimate twitter: Contact Us email: dorking.climate.emergency@gmail.com www.seclimatealliance.uk Join us SECA: what can www.dorkingsolargroup.org/reducing-your-impact you do?
Recommend
More recommend
