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COP28 Global Day of Action, Sat 9th December, Trinity Square, 11am

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Will you join us in Nottingham’s Trinity Square (by the Victoria Centre) in just FIVE days time to demand climate justice from world leaders at COP28?

You are warmly invited to come together with climate & community groups, cost of living campaigners, and trade unions to demand action on climate change and the cost of living crisis globally on December 9 11am -1pm.

There will be a host of inspirational speakers, a burning ballroom! (Don’t know what that is? Neither did we, but XR Nottingham filled us in…) and Veggies vegan catering.

Find out more about our ten demands for #COP28 here:

https://climatejustice.uk/our-demands/

Join on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/15RY5ReJJ 

And find out more about the Global Day of Action: https://climatejustice.uk/9-december-day-of-action-for-climate-justice/

 

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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Map ref: 508298

Google maps:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/52%C2%B051’51.1%22N+1%C2%B014’44.8%22W/

 

 

 

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.