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Robert Lindsay Founder, Babergh Green Party Former Babergh District Councillor Green Parliamentary Candidate, South Suffolk Ex-Times business journalist
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Climate Change What can you do?
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This man inspired me with his encyclical on climate change
This man inspired me with his encyclical on climate change. Climate change is a moral issue, he said.
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So I went to see this man, our new MP, with some others from South Suffolk who were concerned about climate change.
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We saw him here, in the Central Lobby of the Commons
We saw him here, in the Central Lobby of the Commons. He admitted, bravely, he wasn’t confident about the science of climate change. So I want to tell you something about the science of climate change. So that you CAN be confident about making decisions.
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These are the oldest human footprints known outside Africa, found on the Norfolk coast two years ago. They are 800,000 years old. They were made by an early species of man, a predecessor to Neanderthals. We don’t know much about the environment then. But we know how much carbon dioxide there was in the air.
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CO2 never reached above 300 parts per million for 800,000 years until the 1950s.
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Already some important commitments made by world leaders on cutting carbon. Not enough but sets a precedent.
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We have the technology already to get to zero carbon by 2030
We have the technology already to get to zero carbon by As modelled by the Centre for Alternative Technology. Just not the political will. How do we create the political will? Nuclear Zero carbon Britain by 2030 Natural gas biomass Oil Wind power Coal
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Campaign to Keep it in the ground
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New Zealand Greenpeace protest against Anadarko drilling offshore
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Kayaktavists blockade a Shell rig going out from Seattle to drill the Arctic
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Boycotts work
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Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez – 14-yrs old
Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez – 14-yrs old. suing Colorado state for fracking moratorium
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You are
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And the global generation because of the internet
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3. Don’t wait for someone else
1. Conquer your fears 2. Use hope 3. Don’t wait for someone else “I can’t save the world on my own I need three or four people to help me”
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“I believe that my generation was born to tackle this”
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