When? 20th to 26th November

What? During the week of 20th November, in the lead up to COP28, CCA is encouraging people to hold vigils outside their local MP’s office and ask their MP to meet them.

Why? We are urging the UK government to pay the Loss and Damage funds that it owes to countries on the sharp end of climate breakdown.

Last year at COP27, world Governments agreed to create an International Loss and Damage Fund to compensate for the severe impacts of climate change on communities. The UK Government has yet to commit any funding to this. Members of CCA will be urging their MPs to ask questions in Parliament about this fund ahead of COP28.

Resources

A template letter to write to your MP is available HERE

We have created some flyers that you can use should you wish to arrange your own local vigil.

Below is one that you can use to share online

And below is one that you can use to share printed (as it has a white background)

Press Release

If you do a vigil outside your MPs office, you can write to your local press to let them know. CLICK HERE for a template press release that you can adapt if helpful.

How do I join in?

If you are interested in participating in one or arranging one please contact Jo and Jonathan on ccalocalgroups@gmail.com who can let you have further details.