People change politics - the inside story of the Climate Change Law

Wales ' Wet Summer: Bad Luck or Climate Change?

2007 saw the wettest summer in England and Wales since 1912, according to the MET Office, which begs the question: are we just unlucky or is this a symptom of a changing climate?

Cynnal Cymru-Sustain Wales is holding 3 regional events on 2 November in Newport , 9 November in Wrexham and 13 November in Carmarthen to debate this question and many other issues that are important to you.

We'd like people from all backgrounds from across your region to join us. Stimulate a lively debate by putting some challenging questions to the panel on the issues that really matter to you!

Panels will feature political figures, community and business leaders as well as local and national experts, ready to take your questions.

Please see attached invitation and booking form.

Send completed booking forms to events@cynnalcymru.org by Monday 22nd October. Please book early to avoid disappointment!

Haf Gwlyb Cymru: Anlwc neu Newid Hinsawdd?

Haf 2007 oedd y gwlypaf yng Nghymru a Lloegr ers 1912, yn ôl y Swyddfa Dywydd, sy'n arwain at y cwestiwn: ydyn ni ond yn anlwcus neu ydy hyn yn arwydd o newid hinsawdd?

Mae Cynnal Cymru-Sustain Wales yn cynnal 3 digwyddiad rhanbarthol 2 Tachwedd yng Nghasnewydd, 9 Tachwedd yn Wrecsam a 13 Tachwedd yng Nghaerfyrddin i drafod y cwestiwn yma a nifer o faterion eraill sydd o bwys i chi.

Hoffem i bobl o bob cefndir ar draws eich rhanbarth i ymuno a ni. Ysgogwch drafodaeth fywiog drwy ofyn cwestiynau sy'n herio'r panel ar y materion sydd wir o bwys i chi!

Ar y panel bydd ffigurau gwleidyddol, cymunedol ac arweinwyr busnes yn ogystal ag arbenigwyr lleol a chenedlaethol, yn barod i ateb eich cwestiynau.

Gwelch yn atodol wahoddiad a ffurflen gofrestru.

Anfonwch ffurflen cofrestru wedi ei chwblhau at events@cynnalcymru.org erbyn Dydd Llun 22ain Hydref. Cofrestrwch yn gynnar i osgoi cael siom!

MEPs 2 major votes on climate change

Climate change is the biggest environmental threat facing our planet. Over the summer, we have seen widespread flooding in the UK and in Africa and heat waves and forest fires in Southern Europe. Transport accounts for over a quarter of Europe’s carbon dioxide emissions and they continue to rise placing the European Union’s emission reduction targets in jeopardy.

Your MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) have a golden opportunity to make a real difference on climate change. You can help to persuade them to vote to tackle transport’s effect on the climate.There are two major votes on climate change coming up in the European Parliament:
• Aviation and Emissions Trading. This is the EU’s response to the growing emissions from air travel. Research from the Tyndall Centre shows that it needs to be strengthened if it is going to have any impact.

• Cars and carbon dioxide emissions. The car industry promised to cut emissions but instead continue to produce big, gas-guzzling vehicles including 4x4s. Proposals are being made to make these cuts legally binding.

Go to http://www.transportactioneurope.org and ask your MEP to take action on climate change.Then help spread the word by sending this to your friends, family and fellow campaigners. You could also use web networks like Facebook to ask others to take action.

Thank you!
Simon Transport and Climate Campaign Friends of the Earth

Scotland to lead world on climate change

SCOTLAND is to lead the world in action to combat climate change, cutting carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. John Swinney, the Cabinet secretary for finance and sustainable growth, told the Scottish Parliament he was committed to an ambitious programme of cuts that would be an inspiration to the world and help to turn this country into "the green energy capital of Europe".
However, he was accused of performing a "major U-turn" by dropping an SNP manifesto commitment to mandatory annual emissions reductions of 3 per cent.
Scotsman 22nd June 2007 Herald 22nd June 2007

C ome on wales -what are you waiting for?

'Six Degrees' book launch with author Mark Lynas

SIX DEGREES -

OUR FUTURE ON A

WARMER PLANET

SLIDESHOW & DISCUSSION WITH MARK LYNAS

Mark Lynas, Journalist & Author of the bestseller "High Tide"

launches his latest book "Six Degrees" in Cardiff!

Thursday 17 May at 7pm
Main Building
Cardiff University
Park Place
(opposite Student Union)

By the end of the century, the Earth could be more than 6C hotter than it is today. We know that would be bad news - but just how bad? How big a rise will it take for the Alps to melt, the oceans to die and desert to conquer Europe and the Americas? Mark Lynas sifted through thousands of scientific papers for his new book on global warming. This is what the research told him . . .

'An apocalyptic primer of what to expect as the world heats up...it's sobering stuff and shaming too.' Financial Times

'Buy this book for everyone you know...it might just save their lives.' New Stateman

Copies of Mark Lynas's critically acclaimed new book will be on sale after the meeting and Mark will be available to sign copies.

Organised by Cardiff Campaign against Climate Change
www.campaigncc.org

For more info. email - CardiffCCC@hotmail.co.uk

So what is Blair doing about climate change?

A message from Greenpeace
We're on the verge of climate catastrophe: that's the verdict of today's report from the world's top climate scientists. If we carry on with business as usual, the prognosis for planet Earth is more droughts, heatwaves and floods, stronger hurricanes, melting ice-sheets and rising sea levels. The message to the world's governments couldn't be clearer: it's time to act.

So what's Blair doing? He's ushering in a new generation of coal power plants... A number of energy companies are putting in applications to build brand new coal plants - the first to be built in 20 years. This coal rush is the inevitable result of Blair's love affair with the most polluting fossil fuel; coal use has risen under Blair.The UK now emits more carbon dioxide than 112 of the world's smallest countries combined. So this morning, we at Greenpeace put the responsibility for these emissions at the government's doorstep, tipping four tonnes of coal at the entrance to Blair's environment department:www.greenpeace.org.uk/blairdumpsclimate