Global Justice Nottingham

Where next for climate and debt justice after COP27?

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Next week, join Global Justice Nottingham on zoom to discuss where we go next for climate and debt justice after COP27.

The COP27 climate talks, held in Egypt last November, saw a series of important announcements around climate compensation and finance.

But there was little progress on ending fossil fuel production, or on cancelling the colonial debts that prevent much of the global south from investing in climate action.

We will be joined by Daniel Willis from Global Justice Now and Tess Wolfenden from Debt Justice, to hear what the talks mean in the long term, and how we fight together for climate justice in 2023.

What next after COP27: loss and damage, debt and climate justice

  • When: Wednesday 25 January, 5:15pm
  • Where: contact globaljusticenottingham@gmail.com for the zoom link

Daniel was on the ground in Egypt to follow the talks in November and will feed back from COP27. He will also update us on what is happening with the loss and damage fund and the campaign to make polluters pay.

Tess will be discussing how debt featured on the agenda at COP27, and the links between debt justice, colonialism and climate justice.

Make Polluters Pay day of action – 22nd September

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On Thursday 22 September, Notts campaigners will be standing in front of the huge pile of coal at Ratcliffe on Soar power station demanding “Make polluters pay for climate damages”.

This is part of a National Day of Action calling on the big polluters in the rich world to compensate people in vulnerable countries for the effects of climate change.

It is organised by the Make Polluters Pay coalition – of organisations such as Global Justice Now, Christian Aid, Society of Friends (Quakers) Stamp Out Poverty, Oxfam and the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition.

Just five energy companies (Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell and Total) made £50 billion profit between April and June this year due to high energy prices. Because these companies have collectively contributed more than 10% of global historic carbon emissions, we believe some of those profits should go towards an international loss and damage fund to compensate countries facing climate disasters.

We protest to show our solidarity with countries facing huge financial strain because of climate change. Developed countries, including the UK, are responsible for 80 per cent of historic carbon emissions, and we can see from the recent terrible floods in Pakistan that it is poorer countries that suffer the most. We want the government to take heed of the national action today and to support a loss and damage fund at COP27, the next United Nations climate change conference. The polluters need to pay

We’ll be there from 11am to 1pm, this Thursday 22nd September – come and join us!

Location details:

Location of Loss and Damage Day of Action on Thursday 22 September, 11am-1pm:

Directions from East Midlands Parkway Station:

Turn left out of the station and follow the road left onto the A453. Walk around 1 mile along the footpath/cycletrack by the A453 to where the pile of coal is at the East end of the power station site.

For disabled access, turn off the A453 at the turning for Thrumpton and turn left along the cycle track for about 250 yards.

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Google maps:

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How corporate courts are blocking climate action and how we can stop them – Thursday 5th May, 2022, 7.30, Zoom.

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Hear from Global Justice Now trade campaigner Jean Blaylock about the dangers that corporate courts pose for the climate and what we can do about them.

Thursday 5th May, 7.30pm, zoom

Fossil fuel companies are using secret tribunals to sue governments for over $18bn over climate policy. Two governments have already admitted fear of these tribunals has limited their climate action and that’s probably the tip of the iceberg. These tribunals, or ‘corporate courts’, are written into trade deals.

One of these deals, the Energy Charter Treaty, is being used by several of the fossil fuel companies. The call for the UK to exit the Energy Charter Treaty and stop signing new trade deals with corporate courts is growing.

Register on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-corporate-courts-are-blocking-climate-action-and-how-we-can-stop-them-tickets-318953918757  for joining details.

Vaccines for profit or for the people? Tuesday 15th March, 7.30pm, zoom

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The People’s Vaccine: changing the rules to allow countries to manufacture vaccines themselves

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed deep inequities in global health systems, with only 1 in 10 people in low-income countries receiving a single vaccine while the rest of the world rolls out huge booster programmes. Meanwhile, big pharma companies have made record profits from Covid-19 vaccines, even though the bulk of the research behind them came from government funds.

Led by South Africa and India, countries in the global south are demanding an end to big pharma’s monopoly control of vaccine patents. Changes in the rules would help many more countries produce their own vaccines and gain control over their pandemic response. Governments like the UK and EU have stood in the way of this move, while pharma companies continue to lobby against it with all their might.

But the green shoots of an alternative system are growing across the world. In South Africa, scientists have copied Moderna’s vaccine and plan to teach others how to make it. Cuba is sharing the technology for its vaccine and providing it cheaply. And even in the US, a team of researchers has committed to provide its vaccine patent-free and profit-free.

The talk will lay out the case for a more democratic, de-colonised global healthcare system and discuss how we can bring it about.

Speaker: Tim Bierley, Vaccines Campaigner at Global Justice Now, followed by a discussion.

Register on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vaccines-for-profit-or-for-the-people-tickets-276528643617  for joining details. 

COP26 Coalition – Campaign for Climate Justice

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LAUNCH: Notts COP26 Coalition, Thurs 16 September 7pm St Peter’s Church*, Nottingham

You and members of your organisation are warmly invited to join a launch event to bring people together in the run up to Nottingham’s COP26 day of action on November 6.

You will hear from global and local speakers about why climate justice urgently matters to us all, including

  • Mary-Lou Malig, Bolivia-based activist researcher, and campaigner for economic justice
  • Sally Longford, deputy leader of Nottingham City Council with responsibility for the environment
  • Dena Arya, an expert on environmental politics at Nottingham Trent University

But most of all, we want to hear from YOU at the launch, as we build a local campaign to demand climate justice – at home and abroad – and hold politicians to account.

We need your expertise, your knowledge and your voice. Please join us.

In November, world leaders converge on Glasgow for COP26 and here in Nottingham we are a regional hub for the COP26 Coalition.

We are coordinating activities in the weeks running up to November 6, with  regular Zoom meetings every Thursday evening (please email us to join- we want you!) Here are our two main aims:

  • organising to fill Nottingham city centre on Saturday November 6th as part of one of the biggest nationwide protests ever
  • building a continuing local campaign of coherent political demands (e.g. a charter) for climate justice from the grassroots.

Please forward this email to your networks far and wide throughout Notts and beyond. We want to build a broad coalition. If your organisation is not listed below, let us know, and we will add you!

Contact email: nottingham@cop26coalition.com

September 16 venue: St Peter’s Church, *St Peter’s Square, NG1 2NW Nottingham.

Nottingham COP26 Coalition Members: (if your organisation would like to be added, please let us know)

Global Justice Nottingham, Nottingham Friends of the Earth, Notts Momentum, Extinction Rebellion Nottingham, Nottingham Climate Assembly, Nottingham Unite Community branch, Unite EM/NG58 Nottingham Central Branch, Nottingham Stand Up To Racism, Nottinghamshire, Mansfield and Nottingham Trades Union Council, Nottingham Green Party, Climate Action Nottingham, Nottingham Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Nottingham Climate Emergency Centre, New Lucas Plan, Health in Your Environment (HIYE), Christian Aid