Sustainable Development

Hope amidst the warnings – reducing emissions community by community

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

High profile backing for Welsh ‘future generations’ campaign

Leading figures, including business leader Sir Stuart Rose and environmental champion Jonathon Porritt, have thrown their weight behind a campaign for Wales to be a world pioneer on sustainable development. Today (16 July 2013) an alliance of over 20 organisations publishes its alternative proposal for the Welsh Government’s flagship Sustainable Development Bill. The group says

Stop Climate Chaos Cymru Position Paper on Sustainable Development Bill

The Welsh Assembly Government recently published a consultation[1] on proposals for a Sustainable Development Bill, legislation which aims to place sustainable development at the heart of all Welsh Government and public sector decision-making. We support such innovative proposals, and believe that it could offer a pioneering opportunity to create a sustainable Wales in the long-term,

The Rio Connection

  This June, 20 years on from the Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero, Brazil in 1992, government representatives from around the world are meeting at a ‘Rio+20’ summit to discuss sustainable development. Stop Climate Chaos Cymru is gearing up for The Rio Connection, a week of action across the UK, in the run up