Joan Ruddock

As our activists stop rainforest destruction, we want the UK government to take a lead

Posted by ianduff — 13 November 2009 at 5:28pm - Comments

Greenpeace activists shut down an APRIL logging concession yesterday.

Ian is the member of our forests campaigning team dealing with Indonesia.

Yesterday, as Greenpeace activists were preparing to close down the pulp and paper operations of one of Indonesia's biggest forest criminals APRIL, (or 'Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings'), back here in the UK I was just starting a meeting with UK climate minister Joan Ruddock.

What's the connection between our activists in the field, and me in a meeting room in London? Well it certainly wasn't our choice of outfits - they probably wouldn't let me into DECC with a red boiler suit on, and a suit and tie isn't particularly suitable for the Indonesian rainforest.

Have your questions answered by the climate change minister

Posted by jamie — 25 September 2008 at 9:55am - Comments

This is short notice but climate change minister Joan Ruddock will be taking questions today between 12.30pm-1.30pm on the Guardian website. Post your queries in the comments on this page and hopefully the lovely Joan will provide a response.

There are so many things to ask, but top of my list is how the government plans to meet any of its emissions targets when it's so keen to expand airports and build new coal power stations. Even though the question has already been asked, it certainly won't hurt to ask it again.

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