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Next
Members' Meeting
Thursday
25th February 7.30 pm
The Brewer Building, St Mary's Church, Putney Bridge
Climate change in London: What can be done?
Sea levels are rising by 3 cm each decade and with climate change accelerating
- the most dramatic sign being the rapid disintegration of Arctic sea
ice - ocean levels are set to rise much faster. This will affect us
locally, since almost half our borough lies in the Thames flood plain,
and the viability of a putative replacement for the Thames Barrier is
the big question for the future. What effect will climate change have
on London, and especially on our children and grandchildren? What do
the government, Wandsworth Council, and the public utilities need to
do in order to protect us? At this meeting, we will hear from Tony Bosworth,
national climate campaigner at Friends of the Earth, on the big picture
in the wake of the Copenhagen fiasco. Mandy King, who until recently
was Wandsworth's Senior Policy Analyst (Sustainability), will talk about
the Council's commitment to cutting its own carbon emissions. And Wandsworth
Friends of the Earth will detail the suggestions it is making for the
Council to take more ambitious action, including accepting its responsibility,
like many other Councils, to encourage the whole community - business,
public authorities and us householders and residents - to reduce our
impact on climate change. There will be an extended Q&A session. Local
Councillors are being invited, and we look forward to a lively discussion
on the practical steps that can realistically be taken, particularly
locally, to avert the dangerous consequences of global warming.
The meeting is open to all Society members and friends.
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