About SCC Leeds
Who are we?
We're a grassroots group of ordinary people from in and around Leeds who have come together to take action to stop climate change. Formed initially through Leeds TIDAL, we undertake a range of activities to achieve our goals, including lobbying decision-makers, organising demonstrations, and engaging communities. We are part of the national Stop Climate Chaos Coalition.
Contact us
You can contact SCC Leeds at , call the office on 0113 391 7917, or catch Chris on his mobile 0791 203 4920.
Campaigning in Briggate with local MPs Colin Burgon and Colin Challen.
What have we done so far?
In June 2006 we celebrated World Environment Day with a giant globe and stall in Briggate where we collected Stop Climate Chaos pledge cards and signed postcards to Tony Blair.
On 2 September we held our formal Launch meeting in the Oxford Place Centre with speakers including Lucy Pearce from Stop Climate Chaos and Greg Mulholland MP for Leeds North West.
We booked a train carriage to join 25,000 people in Trafalgar Square on 4 November to demand action on Climate Change. As a direct result, the Climate Change Bill was included in the Queen’s speech.
We conducted a survey of public opinion in Leeds about climate change. The results were presented to Leeds Councillors on 9 February - the day on which the average UK citizen will already have emitted as much CO2 as the average person in India will emit all year. See the Yorkshire Post coverage.
On 11 August 2007 we helped organise the Leeds leg of Christian Aid's Carbon March - "the longest protest march in history!" Campaigners marched from Belfast to London to take the ‘cut the carbon’ message to companies, MPs and communities, with stories from Brazil, Kenya and India.
Most recently, we've taken a lead role in the No Leeds Bradford Airport Campaign, which has already succeeded in delaying the expansion!
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