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
Stop Climate Chaos Cymru spoke to the ladies at the Welsh WI conference in Llanelli about our latest campaign in the run up to the Assembly elections. We have 3 proposals on action the Assembly could take to cut carbon, create jobs & improve social justice and have been lobbying Assembly candidates to declare their support.
A coffee farmer in Uganda explains how they are adapting to climate change in order to maintain their harvest.
Stop Climate Chaos Cymru have commissioned research from economist Dr Calvin Jones of Cardiff Business School to develop proposals for practical action the Welsh Assembly can take to combat climate change in Wales. Here he discusses how we will be affected in Wales. To find out your Assembly candidates' thoughts on climate change and what they think of our
As we go back to the chocolate, cakes or whatever we gave up for Lent, most of us will be hoping we've permanently reduced our reliance on bad habits. At Stop Climate Chaos Cymru, we & our partners at Tearfund are hoping that those who did a carbonfast for Lent will try to sustain their reduced carbon lifestyle. At
On a warm sunday in April, Stop Climate Chaos Cymru spoke to people at the Riverside market in Cardiff about their latest campaign asking Assembly Candidates to act on climate change. Several people had a go at entering their postcode into our Candidate View-Finder to see which of their candidates had responded and took home summaries of our
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
Stop Climate Chaos Cymru will be at the Riverside Farmer’s market in Cardiff on Sunday to talk about their latest campaign on climate change ahead of the Assembly elections in May. A coalition of 14 influential Welsh organisations drawn from environment and development groups, faith groups, women’s groups, trade unions and others, SCCCymru is
On Friday, voters in Cardiff North will be able to challenge the politicians vying to be their AM on what they would do to tackle climate change. From 7.30pm in Llanishen Leisure Centre, Ben Foday of Plaid Cymru, Julie Morgan for Labour, Lynne Hudson of the Conservatives and Matt Smith of the Liberal Democrats will be facing questions from their
Stop Climate Chaos Cymru has launched a new online tool for lobbying Welsh Assembly Candidates for action on climate change in Wales. Developed by Cardiff-based digital communications company NativeHQ in partnership with Paperfold Media, this will allow anyone visiting SCCCymru’s website to enter their post-code and find all their regional and constituency candidates’ views on