Camden’s Greens are calling for Camden council to seek a commitment to reduce Camden Council’s carbon emissions by 10% by 2010, in the 10:10 campaign that was launched on 1 September by Climate Campaigner, Franny Armstrong, who lives and works in this Borough. Kentish Town Green Party member Victoria Green, who works at Franny’s offices in Camden, will be meeting up with supporters at Camden Town Hall on Judd Street at 6.30 this Monday (14 September) with T-shirts and banners from the 10:10 campaign. Please come along and show your support!
Camden’s Green Party councillors say that it is absolutely essential that people the world over seek to cut their emissions to keep our temperature within 2 degrees of pre-industrial temperatures.
To achieve the necessary reduction in emissions whilst ensuring that poor countries are able to improve their living standards, means that the West must cut its emissions by about 90% by 2050. And we need to begin to do so now as it’s the emissions between now and 2050 that will make all the difference.
With this in mind, Camden’s Councillors have brought a motion to ask Camden Council to support the 10:10 campaign. Kentish Town member Victoria Green is currently working with Franny’s team in Camden on co-ordinating the global launch of Franny Armstrong’s film “The Age of Stupid”, which is due to take place with simultaneous screenings in over 440 cinemas in the United States, and over 50 nations around the world the following day. Victoria says “It is incredibly exciting to be part of a movement trying to push our political leaders towards signing a deal in Copenhagen that will give us a chance of avoiding the effects of run-way climate change. As a resident of Camden it is embarassing that our Borough is behind others in London in signing up to this achievable 10:10 committement. Let’s put that right this Monday evening!”
If you can spare an hour, come along to the Town Hall at 6.30 on Monday evening and show your support!
