cc: citizen@lynnnews.co.uk, sarah.paget@lynnnews.co.uk, deborah.mcgurran@bbc.co.uk, nicky.barnes@bbc.co.uk, neil.oxbury@musicradio.com, andrew@expressnorfolk.demon.co.uk, bill.woodcock@ecng.co.uk, hilary.fletcher@ecng.co.uk, list@norwichgreenparty.org, hillm@angliatv.co.uk, sarah.kings@bbc.co.uk, EADTeditor@ecng.co.uk, james-abbott@lineone.net, adrian.ramsay@btinternet.com date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:06:36 EDT from: SRosswag@aol.com subject: [ngp-list] Forward PR: Bianca Jagger launches Green Party Climate to: SRosswag@aol.com News from the Green Party of England & Wales Bianca Jagger launches Green climate campaign Green Party’s fortnight of climate campaigning 14-28 July 2001 * Demo in London Sat 14 July, *Kings Lynn Climate seminar with Margaret Wright, Ron Bailey and Rob Tinch, establishment of West Norfolk Green Party. * Activity around arrival of President Bush for meeting with Blair (expected 18 July) * Major new report on climate change costs * Programme of public meetings and Esso petrol pickets around the country * Boost for new Energy Bill campaign * Climate Change seminar meeting in Norwich 27.07.2001 Friends Meeting House 7.30pm, speakers: Prof. Timothy O'Riordian UEA Scool for Environmental Science and Peter Bunyard, co-founder ecologist. Bianca Jagger will join leading Greens including Margaret Wright and Jean Lambert MEP in launching a fortnight of climate change campaigning in the second half of July. The campaign will begin on Saturday 14 July with a demonstration against US President George Bush’s abandonment, under pressure from US energy corporations, of the Kyoto agreement to cut CO2 emissions. Bianca Jagger comments: “I welcome the Green Party’s decision to boycott Esso. “Transnational corporations have an obligation to the global community on issues of social responsibility. “Esso’s executives believe that human survival may simply not be economic. They need to understand that human survival must transcend shareholders’ interest. Don’t put a tiger in your tank “I am asking everyone not to put a tiger in their tank until Esso stops its opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, abandons its call to open the Arctic national wildlife refuge for drilling, and start seriously investing in renewable energy.” Beyond Kyoto The Green Party’s campaign will include diverse activity around England & Wales, ranging from street stalls and public meetings to pickets of Esso stations, as well as a boost to the Home Energy Conservation Bill campaign and the launch of a new report on the costs of climate change. Green Party Principal Speaker Margaret Wright concluded: “The Kyoto Protocol is an important part of the picture, but we need a broader campaign. “Kyoto established the framework for international agreement, but its targets were insufficient. “So while campaigning for the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, we must also demand tougher targets for the UK, and the Green policies to meet them.” 'Global Warning' Talk establishes West Norfolk Green Party Saturday 14.07.2001, 1pm, at Greyfriars Primary School, main Hall, Kings Lynn, the Green Party principal speaker Margaret Wright is going to be introduced by Chair for the afternoon,Richard Moorish and she will speak on the future of East Anglia under sea level rises. Ron Bailey, an excellent speaker from the Association for Energy Conservation will address the meeting, as to how important renewable energy generation is for all of us. Rob Tinch from Norwich Green Party will speak on the main policies and aims of the Green Party and this will be followed by a Norfolk Green Party meeting, establishing a West Norfolk Green Party, enabling interested members and providing a political focus in an environmentally active region of Norfolk. Prof. Tim O'Riordan, from UEA's School of Environmental Science commented on the subject of temperature and sea level rise. He said: " The climate of the future is what we make it. According to the IPCC, ( Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) the world can expect a rise in temperature as large as 6 degrees by 2100, or as little as 2.5 degrees centigrade. The difference between temperature forceasts depends on the societies and the economies we create within the next 30 years. Within the lifetime of one generation, our children will experience sea level rises by either 50 centimeters or as low as 20 centimetress above current sea levels, reflecting a temperature rise of 2.3 degrees or 1.2 degrees respectively. Take your pick , it's up to all of us." Norfolk Green Party is welcoming everyone to their talk with interesting speakers and their meeting afterwards. END Green Party comment/interviews and itinerary of public meetings: phone Spencer Fitz-Gibbon at Green Party press office: 0161 225 4863 For Kings Lynn and Norwich Climate change seminar's Please contact: James Abbott tel.01376 584576, mobile:0850 195347 or Norfolk Green Party contacts: I. Wagenknecht 01508 538197 or Adrian Ramsay 01603 507792