Mohamed: Rosalia and I took part in the climate clinic at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth. Before the meeting we met Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
We talked with him about the campaign and the campaign asks; I challenged him to seize the opportunity that he has to save the planet from the biggest threat it is facing – climate change.
I shared with him the fact that the UK has a big influence in world politics which he can employ positively to save the planet.
I told him the opportunity starts with the Labour Party strengthening the current Climate Change Bill before Parliament by increasing the target up to at least 80 per cent and by obliging businesses to reveal their carbon emissions. This would set an example for the rest of the world.
Gordon Brown told me the UK has set an example in the past with debt cancellation and that his government was aware of the Christian Aid and I Count campaign but he didn’t commit himself beyond that.
Then we had a panel with MPs and activists, chaired by the director of WDM, Benedict Southworth and the chairman of the IPPC, Dr Rajendra Pauchavri.
We shared the experiences of how the poor in Kenya and El Salvador are affected by climate change.
We showed them that climate change is real, it’s really happening; it is the poor of the world, who are the smallest emitters of greenhouse gases, who are the most affected by the carbon pollution of the developed industrialised countries like the UK.
See the photo here of us meeting Gordon Brown.
Next stop: Join us for events in Alton, Farnham, Worplesdon, Mayford, Woking and Esher. Find out more on Pressureworks and make sure you come along to the rally next Tuesday in London.
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