Achieving climate justice in a globally responsible Wales We need to see ambitious action towards achieving climate justice here in Wales and across the world. The climate crisis is a justice crisis; with gendered, racial and geographic dimensions which affect millions of global communities. On 16 May, Stop Climate Chaos Cymru hosted an event at
“…To keep the seeds in our own hands is the main thing. Without seeds, being a farmer is not possible…” Salina, small farmer in Bangladesh. The fight for small-scale farmers to control their seeds Seeds are life. They are the most basic tool needed by farmers to produce the food that feeds us all.
On 26th April 2023 Merthyr County Borough Council voted unanimously to refuse an application to continue mining at Ffos Y Fran open cast coal mine until March 2024. Rally against Ffos y Fran coal mine on 26 April 2023 (photo courtesy of Kirsty Luff) Ffos y Fran, near Merthyr, is the UK
Displaying green hearts alongside allies from organisations across the climate movement is a way for Catholics to echo both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. Last year, CAFOD supporters mobilised in huge numbers to bring this message to our government and world leaders ahead of COP26. More than one hundred MPs
Climate Cymru is gathering voices from all over Wales and making sure they are heard by the people in power. It is the leading Wales-based campaign focused on COP26, with 230 partner organisations, and growing, from all sectors of society. It’s an important and worthwhile campaign to represent voices from Wales at COP26 this November
Reblogging from our campaign partner, Climate.Cymru, we catch up with Gareth Ellis, the founder, Director and Project Manger for The Green Valleys CIC. This community interest company is a multi award winning social enterprise, inspiring and supporting community led action on climate change. Reading the IPCC report brought mixed feelings. From shock and fear to hope
Alun James from Stop Climate Chaos Cymru member organisation WWF Cymru recently wrote the blog below for their website about the Welsh Government's announcement on new housing energy plans. See the blog itself: http://blogs.wwf.org.uk/blog/climate-energy/new-housing-energy-plans-are-a-wasted-opportunity/ The recent announcement by Welsh housing minister Carl Sargeant that the Welsh government is watering down plans for better insulated, more
With the new Welsh Government in place, now is the time to remind our elected representatives that action on climate change must not be neglected, especially as our proposals for action could create up to 20 000 jobs a year in Wales, targeted in the areas that need them most. We've altered our Candidate View-Finder at
Dr Calvin Jones, an economist at Cardiff Business School discusses one of Stop Climate Chaos Cymru's proposals for action on climate change - a full energy refurbishment of over 400 000 homes in Wales. These would be concentrated in the areas of poorest housing: creating 20 000 jobs where they are needed most and
Welsh Twitter users are putting climate at the centre of the debate on the Welsh Assembly elections. Our analysis found that ‘Climate’ is ahead of other key words such as ‘Campaign’, ‘Party’ and ‘Cardiff’. This puts it in the top twenty most used words on twitter using the official elections hashtag - #senedd2011. Many users are tweeting
