Northern Ireland against climate change

[Junkhead]

Christian Aid, Trócaire, Friends of the Earth and Eco-congregation invite you to ring the changes on climate chaos

From 3 – 14 December 2007 the UN Climate Change Conference will take place in Bali, Indonesia. World leaders will meet to discuss the roadmap for future global action to avert the worst ravages of climate change. The outcomes of this conference will have implications for everyone on the planet.

To coincide with the conference, an international day of action on 8 December has been announced. Marches and demonstrations will be taking place across the world, including in the UK and Ireland, which will illustrate the demand for strong action to be taken by governments on climate change.

In Northern Ireland Christian Aid, Trócaire, Friends of the Earth and Eco-congregation Ireland have teamed up to organise “Sound the Alarm for Climate Change.”

On 8 December activists will gather at St Anne’s Cathedral in central Belfast, bringing alarm clocks with them to compensate for a lack of bells, which will be set to go off at 2pm, to represent the 2 degrees temperature rise limit that cannot be exceeded if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change. We hope to have members of the clergy from each of the four main Churches at the gathering, as well as a diverse range of activists and members of different congregations from across Northern Ireland.

Meanwhile we are urging as many Cathedrals and Churches throughout Northern Ireland as possible to ring their bells at 2pm.

We would like you to help to make this event a real success. Please try to come along to St Anne’s from 1.30pm on the 8 December and bring an alarm clock or your mobile phone. Bring along anyone else you can persuade to come and get them to bring something with an alarm too.

If you are a member of a church congregation, try and persuade your priest, vicar, minister or pastor to get involved by arranging for the bells in your church to be rung.

If you are interested in joining in any aspect of the event then please contact Niall Bakewell at Friends of the Earth on 028 9089 7592 or email niall.bakewell@foe.co.uk.

[Defeated Romanticist]

I remember hearing that that conference in Bali will be responsible for more CO2 than Chad. Why couldn't they give mother earth a great big hug an use telecommunications if Climate change was so important?

[Junkhead]

Chad = 194 out of 207 nations in terms of emissions - < 0.1 % of global CO2 output... if we can go to Bali and come out with a serious agreement (which we might) then I suspect that it'll be worth it. In fact, even if any kind of settlement will be agreed that'd justify the CO2 spent..

[xmg]

the earth has been enduring climate change for billions of years,the govt loves the climate change debate cos it gives the green light on enviromental tax,and who can argue cos there saving the world aint they?????i mean the same amount of cars and planes and trains all keep running, but if we pay more then hm treasury is very happy and us mug punters have done our bit. sweet

[Junkhead]

same old tired debate... yes, the climate has changed before, but this is manmade, and much more serious.

I can understand why some people might feel incensed by environmental taxation, but it's one way of mitigating the problem. But it should be used to create a different tax system, not an additional tax... the taxes can be used to promote certain types of behavior - IE incentives to buy more environmentally friendly cars, better practices when it comes to aviation, and increased rail travel - we have a problem, and we DO need money to solve it... but it's cynical to suggest that this is just a money-grabbing scheme on behalf of the government.

Do come along though The executive needs a wake-up call.

[White Horse]

same old tired debate... yes, the climate has changed before, but this is manmade, and much more serious.

I can understand why some people might feel incensed by environmental taxation, but it's one way of mitigating the problem. But it should be used to create a different tax system, not an additional tax... the taxes can be used to promote certain types of behavior - IE incentives to buy more environmentally friendly cars, better practices when it comes to aviation, and increased rail travel - we have a problem, and we DO need money to solve it... but it's cynical to suggest that this is just a money-grabbing scheme on behalf of the government.

Do come along though The executive needs a wake-up call.

Greenism is the new puritanism.

An ideology of moral superiority based upon repression and denial.

It's been all done before. Burn baby burn.

[beardyboy]

same old tired debate... yes, the climate has changed before, but this is manmade, and much more serious.

I can understand why some people might feel incensed by environmental taxation, but it's one way of mitigating the problem. But it should be used to create a different tax system, not an additional tax... the taxes can be used to promote certain types of behavior - IE incentives to buy more environmentally friendly cars, better practices when it comes to aviation, and increased rail travel - we have a problem, and we DO need money to solve it... but it's cynical to suggest that this is just a money-grabbing scheme on behalf of the government.

Do come along though The executive needs a wake-up call.

Greenism is the new puritanism.

An ideology of moral superiority based upon repression and denial.

It's been all done before. Burn baby burn.

time for a tablet - I agree with White Horse on something

[Junkhead]

same old tired debate... yes, the climate has changed before, but this is manmade, and much more serious.

I can understand why some people might feel incensed by environmental taxation, but it's one way of mitigating the problem. But it should be used to create a different tax system, not an additional tax... the taxes can be used to promote certain types of behavior - IE incentives to buy more environmentally friendly cars, better practices when it comes to aviation, and increased rail travel - we have a problem, and we DO need money to solve it... but it's cynical to suggest that this is just a money-grabbing scheme on behalf of the government.

Do come along though The executive needs a wake-up call.

Greenism is the new puritanism.

An ideology of moral superiority based upon repression and denial.

It's been all done before. Burn baby burn.

How, exactly?

[beardyboy]

I am all for climate change - goodbye frosty mornings and sliding into ditches - big repair bills gone - happy days.

let us hope China and Russia keep burning that oil and pumping out the CO2

[QueenELizardbreath]

the earth has been enduring climate change for billions of years,the govt loves the climate change debate cos it gives the green light on enviromental tax,and who can argue cos there saving the world aint they?????i mean the same amount of cars and planes and trains all keep running, but if we pay more then hm treasury is very happy and us mug punters have done our bit. sweet

You have it in a nutshell.