[Cc-webedit] [mediateam] Possible blog post

[Natalie Szarek]

Provisionally Cool with it. its good.

How much time between blog posts do we want? (so people dont get overloaded
and stop reading...)
I would not refer to Isle of Wight as "the  most unlikely place" for radical
action to spring up, it sounds patronising.

Natalie


2009/8/24 Richard Braude <richard.braude at googlemail.com>

> Hey list,
>
> I've put together a draft of a blog post which could go up tomorrow. I
> think it would be good to get some up-to-date info on the world of climate
> politics out there so that we're not all swamped by thoughts about logistics
> and police.
> If people are generally okay with this, then I'm happy to add some things
> in tomorrow as well to keep it fresh - the links are all to recent news
> stories.
>
> ----------------------------------
> 'Twas the night before the swoop...
>
> All seems up in the air while the climate camp prepares to swoop, with the
> economy is being predicted to swing one way<http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/support_services/article6807564.ece>,
> and then the other<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/6080523/Nouriel-Roubini-warns-threat-of-double-dip-recession-is-rising.html>. But
> when will we stop listening to the results of a survery of 1000 accountants,
> and instead listen to hundreds of millions of ordinary people around the
> world, whose livelihoods & communities are being threatened by our
> fuel-guzzling nations?
> As we lead up to the United Nations conference on climate change in
> Copenhagen this December, African state leaders are making demands for financial
> compensation <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8217449.stm> of the
> damage done to the global South by the industry-heavy global North. But
> while asking for 40% emissions cuts, there's little in the way of proposing
> how this can be done.
>
> Business opportunities and bankers' initiatives as a method of 'going
> green' are given the thumbs up by war criminals<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6061978/Tony-Blair-Copenhagen-climate-summit-must-not-be-about-percentages.html>,
> while the UN's own Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) has
> stated that the world's largest companies are 39 years behind<http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/biggest-global-companies-39-yrs-behind-ipcc-recommendations/71560/on>in achieving the levels of green house gas reductions in order to avoid the
> climate tipping point of 2ºC. No wonder - even carbon trading is caught up
> in back-room deals and corruption<http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE57J3BC20090820>- as if it weren't enough of a crazy and unjust idea already!
>
> To do this we need to take radical action. The Isle of Wight workers<http://savevestas.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/camp-for-climate-action-this-week-why-working-class-people-should-get-involved/>show how it's possible for even the most unlikely of places to be the ground
> for grass-roots politics. The effects of climate change are being felt by
> people around the world everyday, and it's up to us to do something.
>
> So come to the camp to build another world. We're all geared up to discuss
> alternatives<http://libcom.org/library/participatory-society-or-libertarian-communism>,
> how to take action against climate criminals<http://london.indymedia.org/articles/1920>,
> and to create a vision of a sustainable world.<http://www.flickr.com/photos/40295422@N06/> Now
> is the time for action!
>
>
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> To get to the Media Team Crabgrass, email press at climatecamp.org.uk to
> request access
>
>
>
>
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