How we can stop ‘Agrofuels’ undermining the fight against climate change
9th September 2010 |
Timetable for the day:
1.00 pm Handing in of petition to DECC, photo op.
5.00 – 6.30 pm “Stop subsidising agrofuels and deforestation” demo outside DECC against the subsidising of agrofuels through ROCs (“Renewable Obligations Certificates”).
7.00 pm Public Meeting at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) room number tba, check campaigncc.org nearer the time, Thornhaugh Street, off Russell Square (Russell Square tube) “How we can stop ‘Agrofuels’ undermining the fight against climate change.” Speakers will include Andrew Butler from ‘NOPE’ (‘No Palm Oil Energy”) the local campaign group on the Isle of Portland where we will be holding our upcoming ‘National Demonstration against Agrofuels’ on the 25th, and Kenneth Richter from Friends of the Earth.
‘Agro-fuels’ are ‘bio-fuels’ produced through intensive agriculture. They have been hailed as a solution to climate change but cannot be produced without using large areas of land… putting more pressure on land has a variety of adverse environmental impacts, including competition with foodcrops, deforestation and increased destruction of biodiverse habitats – and as a result accelerated climate change. Come to the meeting to learn how fighting climate change means not only piling on the pressure for action but making sure we have real solutions not false solutions.
Meanwhile Andrew Butler will be coming up from Portland where our upcoming demo against a proposed palm oil burning agrofuel power station will be held. This is just one of a wave of proposed agrofuel power stations around the country. Come to the meeting to find out how we can organise to stop this madness.