Brent Council announces convening of a Climate Assembly

Press release from Brent Council

A new Climate Assembly will be convened to channel residents’ voices, views and ideas as Brent responds to the climate emergency. 50 residents will be recruited by independent experts to reflect a cross-section of the population in Brent. Young people have spearheaded the climate emergency movement, so 16 and 17 year olds will also be included in the Climate Assembly.

Brent’s Climate Assembly will take part in a series of workshops through November and December. During these sessions, they will discuss exciting and innovative ideas for tackling the climate crisis at a local level. At the end of the process, they will make recommendations to the council which will be considered by Cabinet in the new year.

The process will be run by Traverse, an independent research and engagement consultancy. They will use random selection methods to recruit the Assembly members and make sure that the group reflects the diverse make-up of the borough.

Brent Youth Parliament will also be holding their own event on 26 October to discuss action that can be taken at a local level to tackle the climate emergency. Their recommendations will be fed into the process.

While residents won’t be able to volunteer to take part in the Assembly, their voices will also be heard. A new website will act as a hub for members of the community or local organisations wanting to share their own ideas for reducing Brent’s carbon emissions. These contributions will then be presented to the Assembly to reflect on and consider.

Cllr Krupa Sheth, Lead Member for Environment at Brent Council, said:

Global heating is predicted to have devastating consequences for all of us. That’s why it’s crucial that we create spaces for the voices of residents to be heard as we try to find solutions to this crisis. Now is the time to be bold. So I’m delighted to announce this Citizens Assembly and I’m especially pleased that young people will have the opportunity to share their ideas and suggestions.

Terry Parker, Chief Executive at Traverse, said: 

We at Traverse believe that the best policy is made together with the people it affects, so we’re delighted to be working with Brent Council in this pioneering action to hear from citizens how they want to address the climate emergency.

In July, the Council joined more than 200 other local authorities in declaring a Climate Emergency and pledged to do all in its gift to strive for carbon neutrality by 2030.

The local authority has spearheaded numerous green initiatives in recent years. These include introducing a diesel levy on parking permits to incentivise greener transport, creating a seven-mile bee corridor to boost biodiversity, and helping businesses to think about their impact through the Plastic Free Wembley initiative. Brent’s Civic Centre has been recognised as one of the greenest public buildings in the UK.

Have your say on the Brent Climate Assembly website.

How Brent could do better in responding to the Climate Emergency

Brent Council has declared a Climate Emergency. Friends of the Earth have assessed the Council's efforts and suggests changes in policy and actions which would do more to avert climate catastrophe:

The Brent area’s performance on climate change is average compared to other local authority areas. All local authorities, even the best performing, need to do much more if climate catastrophe is to be averted. Brent particularly needs to do much better on increasing renewable energy, increasing tree cover, and increasing waste recycling.

In Brent 43% of emissions come from housing, 22% from transport, and 35% are industrial and commercial emissions.²

There are different estimates of how fast the UK should reduce greenhouse gas emissions if it’s to do its fair share in combatting climate change, ranging from around 7% to over 25% per year.³

Researchers at the Tyndall Centre in Manchester University say that Brent should reduce emissions by at least 13% per year.⁴

What can local authorities do?

All local authorities, even the best performing, need to do much more if climate catastrophe is to be averted. The government needs to provide them with the powers and resources to do so, and it needs to do much more itself. All local authorities should adopt an ambitious local climate action plan, and they should join with Friends of the Earth and others in urging more government action. Each local authority should declare a climate emergency as a sign of political intent.

The people most vulnerable to climate change are often those on lower incomes, despite having done the least to cause it because of their lower levels of consumption. For example, people with lower incomes are less able to replace and repair damage from flooding or insure against it. This inequality is called climate injustice.

Researchers have identified over 10,000 neighbourhoods across the UK where people are particularly vulnerable to flooding due to their location and factors such as income.⁵ Brent has 117 of these neighbourhoods with high social flood risk for surface flooding, taking account a range of vulnerability factors. The local authority needs to target these areas for support in order to help people living there prepare for extreme weather and respond and recover when it occurs.

Housing

Only 41% of homes are well insulated in Brent.⁶ This represents a shocking waste of energy, high greenhouse gas emissions and unnecessarily high energy bills. 13% of households in the area are in fuel poverty, which means they can’t afford to heat their homes properly.⁷ Poor insulation contributes to this problem.

Upgrading the insulation of 5,809 homes per year within the Brent area will ensure all homes are properly insulated by 2030, lifting as many people as possible out of fuel poverty.
We also need to switch from gas central heating, which is a major source of greenhouse gases, to eco-heating (such as heat pumps), which doesn’t burn fossil fuels. The government provides grants for installing eco-heating. There are only 15 government funded eco-heating systems in the Brent area, yet the UK needs to fit around 1 million per year. A fair share for Brent would be fitting 3,638 eco-heating systems every year.⁸

Transport

Transport is the biggest source of greenhouse gases in the UK, and emissions continue to grow. Research suggests that to deliver the greenhouse gas reductions needed will require car use to be reduced by between 20% and 60%, depending on factors such as the speed of the switch to electric vehicles.⁹ This means that the UK should more than double the proportion of journeys by public transport, cycling and walking.¹⁰

In Brent only 57% of people commute by public transport, 3% cycle, and 7% walk. In the best performing similar local authority area, the proportions are 68%, 4% and 17% respectively.¹¹
Much more is possible. Research shows that 27% of commuter journeys in Brent could be by bike (assuming good cycling infrastructure, such as segregated cycleways and the uptake of E-bikes¹²), better walking routes can encourage more journeys on foot and improve health, and 6 in 10 drivers would shift to public transport if its quality improved.¹³

Friends of the Earth suggests Brent has a target of 80% of people commuting by public transport, cycling, and walking by 2030.¹⁴

When cars are needed, they should be electric and shared as much as possible. Only 7% of commuters share their car when commuting in the Brent area.¹⁵ According to social enterprise Liftshare, best in class employers have 40% of their staff sharing journeys to work.

According to research published in April, the Brent area has 52 electric vehicle charging points (EV chargers).¹⁶ The Committee on Climate Change, which advises the government, says there should be 1 EV charger for every thousand cars by 2030. This suggests that in Brent there should be at least 92 EV chargers.¹⁷ But we need a much faster transition to electric cars, which means many more EV chargers than this.

Energy

The proportion of our electricity produced by renewable energy has increased massively over the last ten years to around a third, and the cost of solar panels and wind farms has plummeted. But we need to produce up to 8 times more renewable electricity if the UK is to wean itself off climate-wrecking oil and gas, including for our transport and heating. Much of the additional renewable energy will come from offshore wind, but there’s also a need to significantly increase onshore wind and solar power.

Currently the Brent area has 3MW of renewable power.¹⁸ If the Brent area matched the best of similar local authority areas it would have 28MW.¹⁹ This is a minimum target to be achieved rapidly, and all local authorities should look to exceed it.

To give an indication of what this means in practice, the average onshore wind turbine in Europe is 2.7MW and a 25-acre solar farm will produce about 5MW of electricity. On average 1MW of renewable power produces enough energy for around 125 homes.²⁰

Trees

Trees play an important role in sucking the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it as carbon. They also provide a home for nature, clean up air pollution and reduce flood risk.

According to the Government's National Forest Inventory (NFI) 3% of the Brent area is woodland. The highest proportion in similar areas is 13%.²¹ The NFI is known to significantly under-report tree cover in urban areas, so Friends of the Earth is carrying out further research which we will publish later this year.

All areas should aim to double tree cover as soon as possible.

Those areas with very little tree cover (less than 10%) should make an additional commitment to increase tree cover to 20%.

The Brent area should aim to increase tree cover to 20%.

For those few areas with already high levels of tree cover (30% or more) it may not be feasible to double tree cover. However, even in these areas some more tree planting will be possible.²²

Waste

Making the stuff we buy, using it, and throwing it away all contribute to climate change. Buying less stuff is an important step in cutting greenhouse gases.

For the stuff we do buy, we should reuse, recycle or compost it. Brent reuses, recycles and composts 37% of its household waste.²³ This compares to the best figure of 49% in similar local authorities, while Wales has set its local authorities a target of 70% by 2025. English local authorities should aspire to the same figure, and all local authorities must aim even higher on a path to achieve zero waste (e.g. aiming for zero waste by 2030).

Divestment

Local authorities across the UK invest billions of pounds in fossil fuel companies, the very companies that have caused the climate emergency.

Working out which local authority has what investments is not straightforward, because local authorities often pool funds. An analysis of UK local authority pension funds suggests that on average local authorities invest many millions of pounds in fossil fuels. Along with many others, Friends of the Earth is calling on local authorities to stop investing in fossil fuels.²⁴

Summary of targets for the Brent area

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Cease supporting or promoting new high carbon infrastructure, such as roads or airports

Annual emissions reductions – 13%

Homes to insulate per year – 5,809

Number of eco-heating systems, such as heat pumps, to fit each year – 3,638

Proportion of commuters walking, cycling or using public transport by 2030 – 80%

Increase lift-sharing – major employers should aim to have 40% of their staff who travel to work by car doing so by lift-sharing

Electric vehicle charging stations by 2030 – at least 92 stations

Renewable energy – at least 28MW

Trees – Aim for 20% tree cover

Household waste reuse, recycling and composting by 2025 – 70% (on path to reach zero waste as soon as possible)

Divestment – zero investment in fossil fuel companies as soon as possible.

Brent to stand in solidarity with youth climate activists on September 20th - please join in

“This is not a single-generation job. It’s humanity’s job... Let’s all join together, with your neighbours, co-workers, friends, family and go out on to the streets to make your voices heard and make this a turning point in our history.” Greta Thunberg and 46 youth activists from the international school strike movement

Local environmental activists, including Friends of the Earth and Divest Brent; trade unionists, politicians and parents are planning to answer the call from Greta Thunberg and other youth activists  adults to support the global climate youth movement by assembling at Brent Civic Centre at 9.30am on Friday September 20th in a display of support and solidarity. There will be a wide range of speakers united in recognising the urgent need to address the climate emergency.

Brent Council has given permission for staff to join the rally for 30 minutes as long as they seek their manager's permission and there is minimal impact on service provision.
Brent recently adopted a motion declaring a Climate Emergency and is planning to set up a a Citizens' Panel on Climate in October,

Brent National Education Union is urging its members to take creative action on the day:

After the rally many activists and supporters will move on the Central London to join the youth strikers at Mill Bank:

Further information:

UK Student Climate Network

Campaign Against Climate Change

Friends of the Earth

Capitalism cannot solve the Climate Crisis - John McDonnell & others address the issues

John McDonnell MP

 Cllr Roxanne Mashari

Many thanks to Peter Murry of Brent Green Party who filmed the meeting for Brent FoE and Brent Trades Council

Friends of the Earth is a non-party political campaign but in the current febrile atmosphere with expectations of a General Election in the Autumn it was perhaps inevitable that a bit of party politics entered last night's meeting on Green Jobs which was addressed by John McDonnell MP. The meeting was co-organised bt Brent FoE and Brent Trades Council.

In fact a consensus emerged about what was required to enable a transition to a zero carbon economy with much much shared by eco-socialists in the Labour Party, the Green Party and those affiliated to no party.

Perhaps the main point of agreement was that capitalism, based as it is on exploiting finite natural and material resources for profit, cannot solve the climate crisis. We should look to a different economic system to meet the climate emergency and transform society so that lives are actually better whilst not destroying the planet. The Green New Deal is a starting point for such a transformation based as it is on a just transition to a zero carbon economy and environmentally sustainable and socially useful production.

Aaron Kiely of Friends of the Earth

Brent Labour seeks to declare a Climate Emergency and Tories move to protect diesel drivers

The much anticipated Climate Emergency Declaration  motion has now been published (full version below) and will be moved by Cllr Roxanne Mashari (Welsh Harp) an ex Environment Lead Member at Monday's Council meeting. It is seconded by Cllr Kieron Gill (Brondesbury Park).

The action points for the Council are:

·      To join our Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan in declaring a Global climate emergency. This is essential to protect our only planet, not only for us, but for all the life on it and, hopefully, all the generations of life to come. 


·      Do all reasonable in the Council’s gift to aim for carbon neutrality for 2030 and work with government to achieve the national 2050 target. 


·      Develop a Carbon Offset Fund and strategy, to enshrine the principle that developments, could and should fund projects that reduce carbon emissions elsewhere in the borough. 


·      At every opportunity, redirect our investments into renewable energy projects and carbon free or carbon neutral technologies. 


·      To continue delivering reductions in greenhouse gas emissions via the development of district energy networks and support for renewable alternatives 


·      Request that the appropriate scrutiny committee review the actions taken to reduce carbon emissions in Brent and the Council at the end of the municipal year. 


·      To empower a Lead Member to take responsibility for tackling climate change in Brent and charges that person with the responsibility to produce a report on this subject within 6 months, one that emphasises and promotes the importance of local biodiversity.

·      Make representations to national government to urge them to provide the power and resources to the Mayor of London and local authorities to hasten the pace of carbon reduction and to immediately end the £10.5 billion of hidden subsidies with which central government supports the Fossil Fuel industry in this country.

·      Explore the viability of there being an annual Green summit for interested parties, where issues can be discussed, good practice shared and ideas promoted

The Brent motion can be compared with Islington's HERE

More details is needed on how the policy would be implemented. Would the Carbon Offset Fund just take a slice of CIL money? Would the Lead Member empowered on tacking climate change just be the present lead member for the environment with this added to her portfolio. If an additional member of the Cabinet, which woudl seem preferable, it could only be implemented at the Council AGM next May.

Meanwhile the Tory motion, moved by Cllr Maurice, the shadow lead member for Parking and Car Drivers, seeks to cancel the CPZ surcharge on diesel drivers.

Click bottom right for full size version. Climate Emergency is the 2nd Labour motion.


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Islington shows Brent Council the way on Climate Emergency

Declarions of a Climate Emergency

Brent Council are due to debate a Climate Emergency motion at Full Council on Monday July 8th, joining other councils across the country that have declared an emergency LINK. The declarations are quite varied with some very broad brush and others going into detail on specific actions.

I have not yet had sight of the motion for Monday but below I print the Islington motion which was passed on June 27th. It is particularly impressive for the list of actions the borough has already taken and could contribute to discussion about future policy at Brent Labour's meeting which is taking place on Saturday.

Islington is a Labour Council and the motion was supported by the lone Green Party councillor, Caroline Russell, who is also a member of the London Assembly.

Tackling the environment and climate emergency by achieving a
net zero carbon Islington by 2030

This Council notes that –

·      Climate change and the effect it is having on our planet, and will have in the
years to come, has been scientifically proven and this Council fully recognises
the need for society and all levels of government to respond urgently to
prevent and lessen the damaging effects of human activity driven climate
change.

·      The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report
published in October 2018 confirms that the world has until 2030 to avoid an
increase in global temperatures above 1.5˚C, at which point the impact of
global warming would have devastating impacts on the planet and people’s
lives.

This Council further notes that already –

·      Islington Council has been at the forefront of efforts to reduce carbon
emissions in the borough, including from its own operations, and that Islington
is on target to reduce carbon emissions in the borough from 2005 levels by at
least 40% by 2020.

·      The existing Local Plan and the Draft Local Plan (2019-2034) seek to minimise
the borough’s contribution to climate change via the built environment and
future development in recognition that emissions relating to buildings or
building systems/processes consistently represent over 80% of all carbon
emissions in the borough; and that existing policies and new policies proposed
in the Draft Local Plan have been independently assessed and are forecast to
reduce carbon emissions in the borough by 66% by 2034 and by 91% by 2050
from 1990 levels, including significant reductions delivered through high energy
efficiency standards from new development and through expansion of the
borough’s decentralised energy network.

·      The Council was one of the first to establish a Carbon Offset Fund, which uses
planning agreements to require developers to make a payment to offset any
carbon shortfall from developments, which is then used to fund projects that
reduce carbon emissions. To date, the Carbon Offset Fund has made
allocations of £4.8 million to projects across the borough that have delivered an
estimated reduction in carbon emissions of 375 tonnes per year.

·      The Islington Community Energy Fund has been established to commission
innovative energy projects delivered by communities and local organisations
which benefit local people and tackle climate change, with £786,000 from the
Carbon Offset Fund being made available to support projects so far.

·      The Council-supported Islington Sustainable Energy Partnership has helped 40
organisations in the borough across the private, public and third sectors to cut
their carbon emissions by over 25,200 tonnes, saving an estimated £4.3 million
in avoided energy costs.

·      The Archway Zero Emissions Network has produced energy saving
recommendations for local businesses in excess of 1.5 million kWh.

·      The Council’s Pension Fund is taking bold action to decarbonise its investments
by 2022 by reducing the fund’s exposure to carbon emissions by more than
half, reducing the fund’s equities’ exposure to fossil fuel reserves by more than
three quarters and decarbonising the fund’s holdings in other asset classes.

·      Angelic Energy, Islington Council’s not-for-profit energy provider and London’s
first new municipal energy provider for over 100 years, has helped over 2,000
local people access fairer prices for their energy and provides electricity from
100% renewable sources.

·      800 homes, two leisure centres and offices have been connected to the Bunhill
District Heat Network, a ground-breaking scheme that uses waste heat to
deliver more efficient, cheaper and greener energy to local people, and work is
ongoing to deliver a new energy centre that will extract waste heat from the
London Underground to supply a further 1,000 homes.

·      Work to insulate cavity walls in the Council’s building stock has led to annual
savings of 8,600 tonnes of CO2 and financial savings of £1.5 million per
annum, in addition to further savings in emissions and costs from boiler
replacement works, loft insulation and the installation of solar panels.

·      All streetlights in the borough have been converted to LED versions, reducing
carbon emissions by the equivalent to removing almost 1,000 cars from the
road each year and saving 28,280 tonnes of CO2 over the 20-year lifespan of
the more efficient bulbs.

·      1,000 tonnes of CO2 savings have been found in schools, libraries and the
Council’s depot so far this year.

·      The Council is enabling a shift towards more sustainable transport across the
borough with the removal of dangerous gyratories and the introduction of safer
and more accessible routes for pedestrians and cyclists, in addition to installing
400 electric vehicle charging points and 400 bike hangars across the borough
to further reduce the use and impact of private vehicles.

·      The Council’s Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle Streets programme has banned all
non-zero emission vehicles from the Old Street and City Fringe area at certain
times of the day and the Council will soon publish details of how it will seek to
prevent the rat-running of lorries on residential roads in the borough, further
reducing the emissions from transport travelling through the borough.

·      The Council has pioneered an emissions based parking policy to reduce the
environmental impact vehicles have in the borough, and has implemented a
Diesel Surcharge on resident parking permits and paid for short stay parking to
encourage a shift away from polluting diesel vehicles, in addition to calling for a
London-wide ban on diesel engines by 2025, whilst ensuring efforts to reduce
carbon emissions from vehicles does not impact air quality.

·      The Council recently celebrated the launch of the tenth ‘School Street’ in the
borough that restrict traffic outside schools at opening and closing times to
improve road safety, encourage active travel and reduce pollution near schools,
and will roll-out similar measures for all schools across the borough.

·      The Council is committed to reducing the impact of its fleet of essential
vehicles, with over 160 vehicles currently being replaced with vehicles that
either significantly reduce or eliminate emissions, in addition to over 150
vehicles already being Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) compliant.

·      The Council is committed to supporting people to reduce the amount of waste
they produce, reuse items wherever possible and to recycle more.

This Council also notes –

·      That meeting the challenge the environment and climate emergency poses and
achieving a net zero carbon Islington by 2030 will require a comprehensive
response from not just the Council, but also from regional and national
government, as well as private organisations, businesses and individuals.

·      That the Council has lost 70% of its core central government funding since
2010 and will have had to make savings of £275 million in total from its
budgets by 2022.

·      That significant elements of the action necessary to achieve a net zero carbon
Islington by 2030 are out of the control of the Council, such as the
decarbonisation of the national electricity grid and the absence of powers to
mandate retrofitting existing buildings.

·      That meeting the challenges of the environment and climate emergency must
be done in such a way that does not penalise local people on low incomes and
does not limit the Council’s ability to address important issues, such as the
housing crisis, whilst recognising that building a greener and more inclusive
economy with fairness at its heart can lead to better outcomes and
opportunities for local people.

This Council resolves to –

·      Declare an environment and climate emergency.

·      Pledge to work towards making Islington net zero carbon by 2030, ahead of
the current 2050 target.

·      Make representations to regional and national government to urge them to
take action to support the goal of a net zero carbon Islington by 2030,
including through the provision of the necessary resources and legal powers to
the Council and others to support the action needed to achieve this.

·      Continue to work with partners across the borough to deliver this new goal
through all relevant strategies and plans, ensuring that reducing carbon
emissions is embedded in all relevant Council decision making.

·      Publish on an annual basis details of carbon emissions reduction interventions
the Council is delivering and commissioning, including the progress these
actions are delivering in reducing the tonnage of carbon emissions in the
borough.

·      Ensure local people are able to contribute to the formulation and scrutiny of
the strategic actions needed to address the environment and climate
emergency by consulting on proposals and by organising an annual ‘Tackling
the Environment and Climate Emergency’ meeting, hosted by the Environment
and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee, in addition to the wide-range of existing
opportunities for local people to make representations to the Council.

· Report to Full Council on 27^th February 2020 what strategic actions the Council
is taking to address the environment and climate emergency, including plans
and milestones to achieve emissions reductions within the Council’s control,
and to share details of representations being made to other institutions to
achieve reductions in emissions outside of the Council’s direct control.

Petition launched asking Brent Council to declare a Climate Emergency

Dawn Butler MP, members of Brent Friends of the Earth and constituents at the #Time Is Now Climate Emergency lobby at the House of Commons today

 An e-petition has been launched by Brent XR  calling Brent Council to declare a Climate Emergency - a measure already taken by many local authorities.

The petition reads:
 

We the undersigned petition the council to declare a Climate Emergency and develop an action plan to decrease carbon emission accordingly and make Brent more resilient to climate change.

Due to human activity, the global average temperature of the planet has increased by 1 degree compared to pre-industrial levels. According to the IPCC, an increase by 2 degrees Celsius will be dangerous for mankind and 1.5 is still in reach but urgently needs drastic measures. However, we are en route to an increase of 3 to 4 degrees by the end of the century.

Cities consume over two-thirds of the world’s energy and account for more than 70% of global CO2 emissions as carbon emission results from both production and consumption. Cities are also easier to decarbonise than rural areas.

Individuals cannot make the necessary reductions on their own. The UK parliament has declared a Climate Emergency but all governments (national, regional and local) have a duty to limit the negative impacts of Climate Breakdown. Local Governments that recognise this have an obligation to implement the necessary measures and incentives to work towards carbon neutrality by 2025.

We call on Brent Council to include the following points as part of the action plan;

- invest in the appropriate infrastructure,

- develop residential and commercial incentives,

- develop guidelines for businesses and provide resources to assess carbon footprint,

- protect and prosper natural habitat,

- report every 6 months on measures taken, accomplished progress and results.

The petition can be found HERE

I understand that a motion declaring a Climate Emergency may be debated at Brent Full Council meeting in July.

Mass civil disobedience Fossil Fuel Divestment Event and Rally Sat 4th March. Kings College on the Strand 11am

Arrests Fines and Suspensions and now a Hunger Strike at King’s College London – the fossil fuel divestment campaign
The campaign for total divestment from Fossil Fuels Heats Up. We urgently need your support!

Mass civil disobedience Event and Rally Sat 4th March. Kings College on the Strand 11am.

From King's College Climate Emergency

In developments not seen for decades King’s College London has engaged in a policy chaotic repression in the face of peaceful civil disobedience by students and alumni demanding total divestment from fossil fuels. Campaign group King’s College Climate Emergency was set up to make clear we are out of time on climate change. We need total divestment from all oil and gas corporations to have any chance of avoiding catastrophe. We stand in solidarity with the main poor and marginalised communities all over the world being destroyed by this unchecked corporate greed. We are particularly inspired by the amazing struggle at Standing Rock and believe we have to start making similar sacrifices in this country to make the progress we all want to see.

96% of students in a recent survey support total divestment which is also supported by the vast majority of staff. However the college council is dominated by corporate place people – the vice principal Chris Mottershead, for instance. is ex BP executive. This capturing of our public universities by corporate power has to be challenged by direct action. We have not allowed ourselves to be intimidated by arrests, suspensions, fines, and threats of prosecution by top management but instead upped our escalation with a hunger strike by one student and fasts by others. And we plan to have the biggest collective act so far of civil disobedience for divestment – a celebration of life over death - decorating the dull frontage of Kings with flowers, balloons, statements, teddy bears, and colourful poster paints at 11am Saturday 4th March.

If you could come to the event yourself that would be great (it is an hour before the NHS demo which starts only 15 minutes walk away). Or people can email the top guys to tell them to do the right thing:

The Principal Edward Byrne: Principal@kcl.ac.uk

The Vice Principal Chris Mottershead: Chris.Motershead@kcl.ac.uk

See our latest video which promotes the 4th March action HERE – please share as widely as you can.

For more details see the FB page: King’s College Climate Emergency.