Campaign against Climate Change

Below is the latest draft of the proposed campaign structure, including comments from the February 11th national meeting and developed a little further. First, THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT CONSTITUTION. It is a way to work for the rest of 2006, during which time we see how it goes. Nothing is cast in stone. Second, THIS IS A CONSULTATION DOCUMENT. We need to know what people think of it. NATIONAL COMMITTEE A national committee made up of about 55 people: 10 people elected by London meeting. One person each elected by local groups (some grouped together) Brighton Oxford and Wantage Reading Norwich Manchester Bristol Cardiff and Bridgend Swansea West Midlands Liverpool and northwest York, Scarborough and Hull Newcastle and northeast Edinburgh Glascow Dundee and Aberdden Sheffield Portsmouth and Southampton Bangor and Aberyswyth Exeter and Plymouth Surrey and Sussex Barnsley and Docaster Derby and East Midlands Kent Gloucester and Cheltenham Swindon All these people will be selected by the local or regional groups in ways that make sense to them. If the person cannot make the meeting, an alternate can be sent. Sectional representatives from organisations or netowroks A question mark means we are not sure they will want to do this We anticipate that these numbers will increase as more significant organisations become seriously involved. For the moment: Green party (2) Respect (2) Sera (labour party) Green Lib Dems Christian Ecology Ifees FOE head office ? FOE local groups (2) Greenpeace local groups Road block ? Cyclists ? People and planet NUS Unison Another union Advisory group (mark lynas) Scottish socialist party Socialist resistance (Not on this list, but they will want one, is globalise resistance) Again, the organisation or network chooses the representative. If they cannot make a meeting, they can send an alternate. The national committee meets quarterly. The committee decided itself whether they meet in or outside of London. This is the body that makes decisions between annual conferences. Officers committee An officers committee will be in charge of the day to day running of the organisation, but it shall be subject to the decisions of the national committee. It will meet every two weeks. Five of the officers will be elected by the annual meeting in June. Coordinator Treasurer Chair International secretary Secretary Those five will be the officers committee, along with one person chosen by each of the following subgroups: Media IT Events Outreach – unions Outreach – ngos and campaigns Outreach – students Outreach – faith That would be an officers committee of 12. They could also ask reps from other subgroups to come as they think fit. The five nationally elected officers will attend the national committee meetings, but will not vote, unless they have been elected to it in their own right. METHOD OF VOTING AT ANNAUL MEETING In future, the annual meeting voting may well be on a delegate basis. This year, we are not in a position to do that. Anyone can present a motion to the annual meeting, but they need five signatures. The composition of the national committee will be approved by majority vote. People may propose other balances, and they will be voted on.

Aims and Objectives Statement

We have tried to incorporate the feedback from February 11th here as well. If you have more suggestions please try and make them concrete! Thanks The Campaign against Climate Change exists to push for the urgent and radical action we need to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate. The destabilisation of global climate has become the very greatest threat to our planet and everyone on it – with the possible exception only of all-out war with modern weapons of mass-destruction. We do not know how much irreversible damage we have done already but we know that if we do not act now the effects will be many times more devastating still. 1/ The CCC exists to secure the action we need - at a local, national and, above all, international level - to minimise harmful climate change and the devastating impacts it will have. To that end the CCC seeks to raise awareness about the gravity and urgency of the threat from climate change and to influence those with the greatest power to take effective action to do so with the utmost speed and resolution. Where ignorance, short term greed and vested interests stand in the way of the action that is urgently needed, the CCC exists to fight against all of these things. 2/ In particular the CCC brings people together for street demonstrations, designed to get together the greatest number of people possible, and to create a mass movement to push for our goals. 3/ The CCC seeks a global solution to a global problem and aims to push for an international emissions reductions treaty that is both effective in preventing the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate and equitable in the means of so doing. To be effective such a treaty needs to secure such reductions in the global total of greenhouse gas emissions as are deemed by the broad consensus of qualified scientific opinion to be necessary to prevent harmful climate change. The CCC aims to campaign against those with the greatest responsibility for preventing or delaying the progress we urgently need towards an international climate treaty. 4/ The CCC recognises that the issue of the destabilisation of global climate has enormous implications in terms of social justice and global inequality. The damage to the earth’s atmosphere has so far been done mainly by the rich nations but it is the poorest who will suffer the greatest and most immediately. The CCC recognises that any solution to the problem must be as fair as possible, incorporating principles of social justice and not exacerbating global inequalities 5/ The CCC aims to bring together as many people as possible who support our broad aims of pushing for urgent action on climate and reducing global emissions. The CCC does not therefore campaign on the important but more detailed questions of how best to achieve these emission reductions and recognises that supporters will have different and deeply held views on these issues.