Campaign against Climate Change
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The Campaign against Climate Change (variously abbreviated to CCC or CaCC) is a UK-based pressure group that aims to raise public awareness of anthropogenic climate change
through mobilizing mass demonstrations
. Founded in 2001 in response to President Bush's
rejection of the Kyoto Protocol
, the organization saw a steady increase in attendance on marches before a sudden take-off in interest between October - December 2005. An estimated 10,000 people attended a rally in London on December 3, 2005. The following year on November 4, 2006 the Campaign organized a march from the US Embassy to the iCount
event in Trafalgar Square
. At least 25,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square that day making it easily the biggest demonstration on climate change in the UK to date, until The Wave march in December 2009.
The December 3rd, 2005 protests were not confined to the UK, but formed part of the first Global Day of Action on Climate Change
, in which CCC played a key role in co-ordinating. The demonstrations, in more than 30 countries around the world, were timed to coincide with the crucial Montreal Climate talks in Canada, at which preliminary agreements were made for a post-Kyoto treaty to take effect after 2012. Outside Montreal itself, a crowd of between 25,000 - 40,000 gathered in a protest organized by the American-based Climate Crisis Coalition.
The December 2006 protests again had an international flavour, with the London, UK protest attracting 10,000 participants..
The Campaign against Climate Change has a network of local groups around the UK, which are currently in the process of being extended. On February 9, 2008 the Campaign against Climate Change hosted a Trade Union conference on climate change. Over 300 delegates attended and heard speakers, including several Trade Union general secretaries or their deputies, from most of the major British unions.. This conference was followed by two more Trade Union events in 2009 and 2010. The campaign has also produced a report to a number of British Trade Union's on "One Million Climate Jobs". Arguing that direct government funding must be used to create jobs that can reduce Carbon emissions.
CCC is an example of a growing number of climate-related environmental pressure groups that have developed during the last decade, including organizations like Rising Tide
, Climaction and the coalition group Stop Climate Chaos
, of which the Campaign against Climate Change is a member.
CCC was heavily involved in the campaign against the closure of the Vestas
Wind Turbine
plant on the Isle of Wight
and the occupation
of the factory by the workers. The CCC was part of the mobilisations for the demonstrations that marked the United Nations
talks
on Climate Change in Copenhagen
, in December 2009.
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
through mobilizing mass demonstrations
Demonstration (people)
A demonstration or street protest is action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause; it normally consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, to hear speakers.Actions such as...
. Founded in 2001 in response to President Bush's
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
rejection of the Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , aimed at fighting global warming...
, the organization saw a steady increase in attendance on marches before a sudden take-off in interest between October - December 2005. An estimated 10,000 people attended a rally in London on December 3, 2005. The following year on November 4, 2006 the Campaign organized a march from the US Embassy to the iCount
I Count
I Count is a campaign of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition of UK NGOs.The campaign aims to ensure that world leaders act on rising global greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep average global temperature increase to under 2°C and so avoiding the more serious consequences of global warming.In...
event in Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square is a public space and tourist attraction in central London, England, United Kingdom. At its centre is Nelson's Column, which is guarded by four lion statues at its base. There are a number of statues and sculptures in the square, with one plinth displaying changing pieces of...
. At least 25,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square that day making it easily the biggest demonstration on climate change in the UK to date, until The Wave march in December 2009.
The December 3rd, 2005 protests were not confined to the UK, but formed part of the first Global Day of Action on Climate Change
Global Day of Action
Global Day of Action is a direct action protest format. Environmentalism initiatives begun to use it in 2005 in connection with Global Climate Campaign. They aimed to focus world attention on the anthropogenic effect that humans are having on global warming...
, in which CCC played a key role in co-ordinating. The demonstrations, in more than 30 countries around the world, were timed to coincide with the crucial Montreal Climate talks in Canada, at which preliminary agreements were made for a post-Kyoto treaty to take effect after 2012. Outside Montreal itself, a crowd of between 25,000 - 40,000 gathered in a protest organized by the American-based Climate Crisis Coalition.
The December 2006 protests again had an international flavour, with the London, UK protest attracting 10,000 participants..
The Campaign against Climate Change has a network of local groups around the UK, which are currently in the process of being extended. On February 9, 2008 the Campaign against Climate Change hosted a Trade Union conference on climate change. Over 300 delegates attended and heard speakers, including several Trade Union general secretaries or their deputies, from most of the major British unions.. This conference was followed by two more Trade Union events in 2009 and 2010. The campaign has also produced a report to a number of British Trade Union's on "One Million Climate Jobs". Arguing that direct government funding must be used to create jobs that can reduce Carbon emissions.
CCC is an example of a growing number of climate-related environmental pressure groups that have developed during the last decade, including organizations like Rising Tide
Rising Tide UK
Rising Tide UK is the United Kingdom part of the International Rising Tide Network, both of which were created in 2000 to carry out direct action against the root causes of climate change, and to work towards a fossil fuel free future...
, Climaction and the coalition group Stop Climate Chaos
Stop Climate Chaos
Stop Climate Chaos is a climate change coalition of primarily environmental and international development NGOs that was formed in September 2005. The coalition ran the big I Count campaign in 2006–07 and organised The Wave - a campaign focused on the climatic impacts of energy production which...
, of which the Campaign against Climate Change is a member.
CCC was heavily involved in the campaign against the closure of the Vestas
Vestas
Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines. It is the largest in the world, but due to very rapid growth of its competitors, its market share decreased from 28% in 2007 to 12.5% in 2009...
Wind Turbine
Wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...
plant on the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
and the occupation
Occupation (protest)
An as an act of protest, is the entry into and holding of a building, space or symbolic site. As such, occupations often combine some of the following elements: a challenge to ownership of the space involved, an effort to gain public attention, the practical use of the facilities occupied, and a...
of the factory by the workers. The CCC was part of the mobilisations for the demonstrations that marked the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
talks
2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 December and 18 December. The conference included the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
on Climate Change in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, in December 2009.
See also
- Climate changeClimate changeClimate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
- Global Day of ActionGlobal Day of ActionGlobal Day of Action is a direct action protest format. Environmentalism initiatives begun to use it in 2005 in connection with Global Climate Campaign. They aimed to focus world attention on the anthropogenic effect that humans are having on global warming...
- Stop Climate ChaosStop Climate ChaosStop Climate Chaos is a climate change coalition of primarily environmental and international development NGOs that was formed in September 2005. The coalition ran the big I Count campaign in 2006–07 and organised The Wave - a campaign focused on the climatic impacts of energy production which...
(UK pressure group) - Business action on climate changeBusiness action on climate changeBusiness action on climate change includes a range of activities relating to global warming, and to influencing political decisions on global-warming-related regulation, such as the Kyoto Protocol...
- Camp for Climate ActionCamp for Climate ActionThe Camps for Climate Action are campaign gatherings that take place to draw attention to, and act as a base for direct action against, major carbon emitters, as well as to develop ways to create a zero-carbon society...
- GreenpeaceGreenpeaceGreenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
- Individual and political action on climate changeIndividual and political action on climate changeIndividual and political action on climate change can take many forms, most of which have the ultimate goal of limiting and/or reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, toward avoiding dangerous climate change.-Political action:...
- United Kingdom Climate Change ProgrammeUnited Kingdom Climate Change ProgrammeThe United Kingdom's Climate Change Programme was launched in November 2000 by the British government in response to its commitment agreed at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development...
External links
- Campaign against Climate Change
- Campaign against Climate Change-Scotland
- The Campaign's Trade Union group
- Campaign against Climate Change-Exeter
- Campaign against Climate Change-Bradford
- BBC coverage of December 3 march
- US Climate Crisis Coalition
- CLIMACTION Aotearoa-New Zealand
- Toronto Climate Campaign
- Climate Action Programme by SDI & UNEP
- Virtual Human Chain Against Climate Change, started 26.11.08