Category Archives: The Wave 2009
A change of climate on climate change?
After last year’s disastrous international climate change Summit in Copenhagen, the expectations for this year’s version in Cancun were not particularly high but an agreement about the future direction of climate change management has been reached. The draft documents say deeper … Continue reading
Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen
Whilst hopes for the Copenhagen summit were never high, the result falls short of reasonable expectation. Any meeting of the minds amongst a group of 192 nations inevitably tends towards the lowest common denominator. In this case an accord rather … Continue reading
The Wave – our ‘trees’ meet Ed Miliband (#5)
In the final of our Wave blog series, here’s a “tree’s-eye” view from the front and a first hand account from our meeting with Ed Miliband before he left for Copenhagen. Along with our coalition partners RSPB, Tearfund, Christian Aid, National … Continue reading
Now we need “credible leadership” from the UK government at Copenhagen.
The anticipation surrounding the most talked-about climate conference to date comes to a head this week, as the final round of UNFCCC talks open in Denmark. We have been talking to e-Politix, an online forum for MP’s and their advisors, researchers … Continue reading
The wave
We are nearly at parliament and we are ready for our massive demonstration to show our support
The Wave is today… we’re WAVEing! (#4)
The Wave is today! At 3:oopm today, tens of thousands of people from all walks of life are sending a positive message to political leaders, in support of a safe climate future for all. Watch our staff and volunteers WAVEing with … Continue reading
Ready for the wave
All ready to go. Atmosphere is fantastic. Just waiting to set off
The Wave – The Welsh Dragon roars! (#3a!)
Dai the blue dragon has checked the weather forecast and is very excited about taking his first trip to London on Saturday 5 December. Dai is a Welsh Dragon, who has turned himself blue for the Wave and will be … Continue reading
The Wave – why the trees are preparing… on film! (#3)
The Wave is this weekend! As governments from all around the world try to negotiate a deal on reducing CO2 emissions at Copenhagen in December, global forest destruction which accounts for nearly 20% of human induced CO2 emissions, will be … Continue reading
The Wave – the trees prepare… on film! (#2)
The Wave is this weekend! Our trees are looking forward to joining tens of thousands of people, from all walks of life, on Saturday 5th December on the streets of London and Glasgow in this peaceful, positive demonstration of support … Continue reading
