The Wave - Come together to stop climate chaos

Branches are being urged to give maximum support to the biggest climate change march Scotland has ever seen. On Saturday 5 December marchers in Glasgow will send a clear message to political leaders that they want a strong and fair global deal on climate change at the UN summit in December.

As the UN talks start in Copenhagen, big marches in Glasgow and London will demand vital international action on global warming to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which runs out in 2012.

Organisers Stop Climate Chaos Scotland are thanking everyone who helped successfully lobby MSPs to deliver the world-leading Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.

Many of the major SCCS and UNISON ‘asks’ are included in the Act, including a statutory climate change duty on public bodies. Now we want the EU and other rich countries to agree greenhouse gas emissions cuts of at least 40% by 2020, in line with Scotland’s target of at least 42%.

Scottish Organiser Dave Watson said, “UNISON Scotland has a strong track record of campaigning on this and for a sustainable future. I urge all branches to support the march.

“We need world leaders in Copenhagen to deliver a fair deal that keeps global warming under two degrees C and protects the poorest and most vulnerable people.”

Full details nearer the time on www.stopclimatechaos.org/scotland and the UNISON Scotland Green Workplace minisite at www.unisonscotland.org.uk/greenworkplace

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