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I Count is a campaign of the Stop Climate Chaos
coalition of UK NGOs.
The campaign aims to ensure that world leaders act on rising global greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep average global temperature increase
to under 2°C (3.6°F) and so avoiding the more serious consequences of global warming
.
In 2006 the campaign focused on the lead up to the Queen's speech, urging the Government to introduce a Climate Change Bill
in the forthcoming Parliamentary session
- including legally binding cuts in emissions (3% per year and 50% by 2050), and an annual carbon budget
.
The coalition organised the iCount Climate Change Rally on the 4th of November 2006 to coincide with the Stern Report.
The campaign is now focusing on the contents of the Climate Change Bill
and have criticised the initial proposals as failing to take into account the 2°C 'global warming danger threshold'.
organised by Stop Climate Chaos
in London
on November 4, 2006. It was attended by 20,000 to 25,000 people and was timed to coincide with the release of the Stern Report, calling on the government to take more serious action to prevent damage from climate change
.
The event started with an initial rally at Grosvenor Square
, outside the US Embassy, where George Monbiot
, Caroline Lucas
, and Norman Baker
addressed the crowd. The rally marched to Trafalgar Square, joining with an already assembled crowd. More speakers addressed the crowd, musicians Razorlight
and KT Tunstall
performed. The Vj duo Marco Ruffatti and Alberto Roveroni of Cluster One http://www.cluster-1.com closed the event with a live interactive Vj set.
Stop Climate Chaos
Stop Climate Chaos is a climate change coalition of primarily environmental and international development NGOs that was formed in September 2005. The coalition ran the big I Count campaign in 2006–07 and organised The Wave - a campaign focused on the climatic impacts of energy production which...
coalition of UK NGOs.
The campaign aims to ensure that world leaders act on rising global greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep average global temperature increase
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
to under 2°C (3.6°F) and so avoiding the more serious consequences of global warming
Effects of global warming
This article is about the effects of global warming and climate change. The effects, or impacts, of climate change may be physical, ecological, social or economic. Evidence of observed climate change includes the instrumental temperature record, rising sea levels, and decreased snow cover in the...
.
In 2006 the campaign focused on the lead up to the Queen's speech, urging the Government to introduce a Climate Change Bill
United Kingdom Climate Change Bill
The Climate Change Act 2008 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act makes it the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that the net UK carbon account for all six Kyoto greenhouse gases for the year 2050 is at least 80% lower than the 1990 baseline, toward avoiding dangerous...
in the forthcoming Parliamentary session
Parliamentary session
A legislative session is the period of time in which a legislature, in both parliamentary and presidential systems, is convened for purpose of lawmaking, usually being one of two or more smaller divisions of the entire time between two elections...
- including legally binding cuts in emissions (3% per year and 50% by 2050), and an annual carbon budget
Carbon budget
Carbon budget refers to the contribution of various sources of carbon dioxide on the planet. Carbon budget has nothing to do with political agendas, climate change legislation, carbon controls, carbon storage, or geopolitical carbon footprint....
.
The coalition organised the iCount Climate Change Rally on the 4th of November 2006 to coincide with the Stern Report.
The campaign is now focusing on the contents of the Climate Change Bill
United Kingdom Climate Change Bill
The Climate Change Act 2008 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act makes it the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that the net UK carbon account for all six Kyoto greenhouse gases for the year 2050 is at least 80% lower than the 1990 baseline, toward avoiding dangerous...
and have criticised the initial proposals as failing to take into account the 2°C 'global warming danger threshold'.
I Count Rally
The i Count London Climate Change Rally was a demonstrationDemonstration (people)
A demonstration or street protest is action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause; it normally consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, to hear speakers.Actions such as...
organised by Stop Climate Chaos
Stop Climate Chaos
Stop Climate Chaos is a climate change coalition of primarily environmental and international development NGOs that was formed in September 2005. The coalition ran the big I Count campaign in 2006–07 and organised The Wave - a campaign focused on the climatic impacts of energy production which...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
on November 4, 2006. It was attended by 20,000 to 25,000 people and was timed to coincide with the release of the Stern Report, calling on the government to take more serious action to prevent damage from climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
.
The event started with an initial rally at Grosvenor Square
Grosvenor Square
Grosvenor Square is a large garden square in the exclusive Mayfair district of London, England. It is the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Duke of Westminster, and takes its name from their surname, "Grosvenor".-History:...
, outside the US Embassy, where George Monbiot
George Monbiot
George Joshua Richard Monbiot is an English writer, known for his environmental and political activism. He lives in Machynlleth, Wales, writes a weekly column for The Guardian, and is the author of a number of books, including Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain and Bring on the...
, Caroline Lucas
Caroline Lucas
Caroline Patricia Lucas is a British politician. Lucas is the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, and the Green Party's first and only Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom...
, and Norman Baker
Norman Baker
Norman John Baker is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Lewes in East Sussex since 1997. Since May 2010 he has been Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Department for Transport....
addressed the crowd. The rally marched to Trafalgar Square, joining with an already assembled crowd. More speakers addressed the crowd, musicians Razorlight
Razorlight
Razorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...
and KT Tunstall
KT Tunstall
Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist from St Andrews, Scotland. She broke into the public eye with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland...
performed. The Vj duo Marco Ruffatti and Alberto Roveroni of Cluster One http://www.cluster-1.com closed the event with a live interactive Vj set.