Climate change action
How Friends are getting involved with action on climate change.
Quaker involvement with climate change campaigning has been on the increase in the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December. In particular, this involvement has recently been galvanised by two international movements: ‘350’, which aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from its current 386 parts per million (ppm) to a sustainable 350ppm, and ‘Power Shift’, organised by young people for young people to explore responses to climate change and to develop their communication skills in order to raise awareness in their peer groups.
If we can get people asking questions and starting one-on-one conversations about this, that is just as important as huge education campaigns. It’s about personal involvement
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