Stop Climate Chaos

Stop Climate Chaos

Infobox Non-profit
Non-profit_name = Stop Climate Chaos
Non-profit_
founded_date = 2005, London, United Kingdom
location = London, United Kingdom
area_served = UK
focus = Environmentalism
num_members = in excess of 80 organisations who have collectively 4 million members
method = Lobbying, Demonstration
homepage = [http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/ www.stopclimatechaos.org]

Stop Climate Chaos is a coalition of primarily environmental and international development NGOs that was formed in September 2005. The coalition's current campaign is I Count and encourages individuals to lobby UK government to act on climate change. The director of the coalition is Ashok Sinha. The Scottish-specific wing is Stop Climate Chaos Scotland.

The I Count Campaign

The I Count 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 (3.6°F) and so avoiding the more serious consequences of global warming.

In 2006 the campaign focused on the lead up to the Queen's speech, urging the Government to introduce a Climate Change Bill in the forthcoming Parliamentary session - including legally binding cuts in emissions (3% per year and 50% by 2050), and an annual "carbon budget".

The campaign is now focusing on the contents of the Climate Change Bill and have criticised the initial proposals as failing to take into account the 2ºC 'global warming danger threshold'. [cite web
url=http://www.icount.org.uk/news/i_count_media/news_releases_i_count/198.asp
title=I Count Campaign know Government can do better
publisher=Stop Climate Chaos
date=2007-03-13?
accessdate=2007-03-15]

Members

The member of the coalition include:
*ActionAid
*Action for Southern Africa
*Airport Watch
*A Rocha
*BMS World Mission
*CAFOD
*Campaign against Climate Change
*Campaign to Protect Rural England
*Carplus
*Centre for Alternative Technology
*Christian Aid
*Climate Outreach and Information Network
*Come Off It
*Ethical Consumer
*Ethical Jobs
*Friends of the Earth
*From Greenhouse to Green House
*Garden Organic
*Glasgow Eco-Renovation Project
*Global Student Forum
*Greenpeace
*green.tv
*IFEES
*Islamic Relief
*Justice and Peace Scotland
*Medact
*National Trust for Scotland
*Operation Noah
*Oxfam
*People & Planet
*Plan B
*Practical Action
*Road Block
*RSPB
*Scottish Action on Climate Change
*Save our World
*SCIAF
*Shared Energy
*SPEAK
*Surfers Against Sewage
*Sustrans
*Take Global Warming Seriously
*Tearfund
*The Wildlife Trusts
*Transport 2000
*UNA-UK
*UNISON
*Women's Institute
*Womens Environmental Network
*Woodland Trust
*World Development Movement
*WWF-UK
*Youth Against Climate Change

ee also

* I Count
* Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
* [http://www.climatechaos.ca Stop Climate Chaos Canada]
* Campaign against Climate Change (UK pressure group)
* Rising Tide UK (UK climate change activist network)

Campaign Issues

* United Kingdom Climate Change Programme
* United Kingdom Climate Change Bill

General

* Climate change
* Action on climate change
* Kyoto Protocol
* Global Day of Action

External links

* [http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/ Stop Climate Chaos Coalition website]

References


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