Friends of the Earth • an environmental pressure group • 100,000 supporters • 200 local groups • 60 countries around the world

Climate Change A UK citizen creates nine times as much CO2 as the average Indian and over 100 times more than the average Malawian

Impacts Globally • warming • sea-level rise • storms, floods, droughts • the rich pollute, but the poor suffer most

Impacts Locally • warmer, wetter winters, • hotter, dryer summers • increased flooding • more storms • habitats at risk

Acting globally • Rio • Kyoto • George Bush • 60-80% by 2050

Acting Nationally • a world leader • UK Climate Programme • Energy White Paper

Dump Nukes • waste • danger • cost • inflexibility

Clean Coal • dirty • inefficient • a quick fix • carbon caps

Green Power • Abundant • Diverse • Cheaper • 20% by 2020

Acting locally • 1,024,800 people • 164,306 ha • no coastline

Acting Locally • biomass • solar • micro-hydro • wind • heat, electricity, transport

Stop Esso • against Kyoto • no money for renewables • funds sceptics and lobbyists • funds George ‘W’ Bush