Zero Carbon Britain 2030 Rally In London

29 November 2010

Staff and supporters of the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) will join thousands of other individuals and organisations in calling for a Zero Carbon Britain by 2030 at the Climate Emergency Rally on the 4 December 2010. The rally is designed to coincide with the international climate talks being held in Cancun, Mexico.

Paul Allen, external relations director at CAT will address the Climate Emergency Rally on Whitehall: "The cuts we really should be talking about are the cuts in carbon emission, we cannot bail out the climate in the same way that we have bailed out the economy. We only have one chance."

Other speakers include John McDonnell MP (Labour), Caroline Lucas MP (leader, Green Party), Michael Meacher MP (Labour), Paul Allen (pioneer, Zero Carbon Britain project), Tony Kearns (CWU), Maria Souviron (Bolivian ambassador), Deborah Doane (director, World Development Movement), Andy Atkins (director, Friends of the Earth) and Ben Brangwyn (co-founder Transition Towns), John Stewart (chair, AirportWatch).

In June 2010 CAT published Zero Carbon Britain, the report integrates thinking across a range of sectors, including transport, land use, buildings and policy, and shows how we can "Power Down" through reducing demand and "Power Up" renewables to 100 percent by 2030 .

"We can enjoy greater energy security, create new green jobs and build a more sustainable, dynamic, and resilient economy" Paul added. "The solutions needed to create a low-carbon and high-wellbeing future for all exist, what has been missing to date, is the political will to implement them."