Roll up, roll up! The climate circus is in town. Confronted with melting ice caps, unprecedented species extinction, droughts and extreme weather, climate change threatens our very survival. The fools at the head of the fossil fuel empire continue to plunder the earth, with the governments as willing court jesters at their side.
They would have us believe that we can escape climate change with techno-fixes, market mechanisms and offset schemes - all technocratic acrobatics that distract us from the truth: the only real solution to climate change is to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Actions will be happening all over the world. Here in the UK there'll be a protest against new coal-fired power stations. From 8am London World Development Movement groups are co-ordinating a protest outside the Department for Enterprise Business and Regulatory Reform (or Dberr) to laugh at the minister for business, John Hutton. Hutton is currently set to make a right fool of the government's climate policy if he signs off on EON's new Kingsnorth power station.
Next up is a protest in Parliament Square - where from 11am WDM will be building a coal-fired power staiton, complete with 12ft cooling towers, while people dressed in jesters hats and Gordon Brown masks will 'burn' a mock Climate Change Bill. Lobbying starts at 2pm.
It's necessary because, despite introducing the Climate Change Bill, the government is still considering
whether to build a new coal power station in Kingsnorth. If this plant is
allowed to be built, seven more will follow and we can wave goodbye to any hope
that the UK will be a world leader on climate change.
WDM's asking as many people as possible join them for the action and even better to make a meeting with your MP for that day. You can ask for a meeting with your MP through the Parliamentary Switchboard on 020 7219 3000 or find them here.