Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Once upon a time, two campaigners hatched a plan to get the UK to commit to cutting emissions and taking action on climate change. And it worked, pushing the creation of the world's first law enshrining climate targets in law. On the 26th November, 2008, the Climate Change Act was born.
However, since then progress has stalled. And not just in the UK. The world is at a crossroads: we must make a choice between a green future where climate action is taken seriously and a fossil fuelled future, where deadly extreme events and environmental destruction are the norm.
If you live in the UK, please sign this petition calling for government to develop a Big Climate Plan and get climate action back on the table:
✍️ foe.uk/43dqe
..and if you don't live in the UK, check out the links below for ideas of how to get involved in climate action wherever you are.
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Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Mine's a Guinness
01:37 - A world first
02:17 - Did it work?
03:03 - F+ for effort
04:14 - A crossroads
04:52 - Take action
#ClimateAction
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Now more than ever, evidence-based climate creators like us need your support. Sharing, liking and subscribing really helps, but if you want to go that extra step further you can support me by subscribing here on Youtube, or on Patreon: patreon.com/dr_gilbz
Thanks as ever to my Patreon subscribers, including my Patreon Saints: Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell, Gary Stark, Sergiu Coroi & Lucien Mansell.
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** More info (UK-focused) **
Friends of the Earth have also put together some resources to mark 16 years since beginning of the Climate Change Act:
foe.uk/zf1gg - about the Climate Change Act
foe.uk/bdqil - research report describing their new analysis
Find a campaign group near you: groups.friendsoftheearth.uk
** International action (a starting point) **
greenpeace.org/international/get-involved
climatenetwork.org
friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/international-climate-campaign-fair-global-action
wri.org/climate/international-climate-action
Once upon a time, two campaigners hatched a plan to get the UK to commit to cutting emissions and taking action on climate change. And it worked, pushing the creation of the world's first law enshrining climate targets in law. On the 26th November, 2008, the Climate Change Act was born.
However, since then progress has stalled. And not just in the UK. The world is at a crossroads: we must make a choice between a green future where climate action is taken seriously and a fossil fuelled future, where deadly extreme events and environmental destruction are the norm.
If you live in the UK, please sign this petition calling for government to develop a Big Climate Plan and get climate action back on the table:
✍️ foe.uk/43dqe
..and if you don't live in the UK, check out the links below for ideas of how to get involved in climate action wherever you are.
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Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Mine's a Guinness
01:37 - A world first
02:17 - Did it work?
03:03 - F+ for effort
04:14 - A crossroads
04:52 - Take action
#ClimateAction
##################################################
Now more than ever, evidence-based climate creators like us need your support. Sharing, liking and subscribing really helps, but if you want to go that extra step further you can support me by subscribing here on Youtube, or on Patreon: patreon.com/dr_gilbz
Thanks as ever to my Patreon subscribers, including my Patreon Saints: Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell, Gary Stark, Sergiu Coroi & Lucien Mansell.
##################################################
** More info (UK-focused) **
Friends of the Earth have also put together some resources to mark 16 years since beginning of the Climate Change Act:
foe.uk/zf1gg - about the Climate Change Act
foe.uk/bdqil - research report describing their new analysis
Find a campaign group near you: groups.friendsoftheearth.uk
** International action (a starting point) **
greenpeace.org/international/get-involved
climatenetwork.org
friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/international-climate-campaign-fair-global-action
wri.org/climate/international-climate-action
