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The Green Party’s national clean air campaign
Camilla Zerr, Climate Change Campaigns Officer
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What does CLEAN AIR mean to you?
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Leeds Reading Oxford And also, Sheffield and Bristol
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Campaign calls - NATIONAL
Publish a new Clean Air Act fit for the 21st century
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Campaign calls - NATIONAL
2. Spend £30 per person on walking and cycling every year. 3. Bring forward the phase out of petrol and diesel car sales from to 2030 at the latest. 4. Implement an expanded national network of Clean Air Zones by the end of 2018. 5. Create and fund a targeted diesel scrappage scheme. 6. Increase the Vehicle Excise Duty for new diesel cars.
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Any questions on the national calls?
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Campaign calls - NATIONAL
1. Publish a new Clean Air Act fit for the 21st century 2.Spend £30 per person on walking and cycling every year. 3. Bring forward the phase out of petrol and diesel car sales from to 2030 at the latest. 4. Implement an expanded national network of Clean Air Zones by the end of 2018. 5. Create and fund a targeted diesel scrappage scheme. 6. Increase the Vehicle Excise Duty for new diesel cars. 10
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Campaign calls - LOCAL Make walking, cycling, and public transport the main forms of urban transport. Make public transport cleaner, more affordable, more accessible, and more joined up. Reduce the need for private car usage and the air pollution it causes. Improve people’s health by creating more opportunities for physical activity in everyday journeys. Make streets safe and friendly places where people choose to spend time.
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What resources do we already have?
Twitter handle Logo Facebook group Webpage 14 page campaign briefing and FAQ Postcard Great photos 6 cities which are already involved Petition Caroline Russell on Channel 4 news:
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What next? Campaign actions
Local elections - 3rd May National Clean Air Day – 21st June Any other key moments?
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Group discussions National Clean Air Day Local elections
How does Breathing Cities align with what you are already doing locally? How helpful? How ambitious/feasible are the campaign calls? How could the campaign help engage target audiences, and new audiences? What campaign resources would be useful for the local elections? National Clean Air Day If anything was possible, what actions would you like to see the Green Party stage? What would a successful Clean Air Day action look like? How would we be unique? What impacts would the action ideally have on different audiences?
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Thank you for coming! Please: Sign our petition calling for a new Clean Air Act Join the Breathing Cities Campaign Activists facebook group
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