Programme

Linda Pearson will introduce the Don’t Bank on the Bomb report published in August 2020 which looks at the role of big business and the connections between the nuclear industry and environment. Lynn Jamieson will give an update on the Hunterston Nuclear Power station – there will be plenty of time for questions, discussion and debate on the local and global issues that are involved.

To register for this meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkd-igrjwiE9QdHfWVpvRGRyGpdkwYLaY4 and you will be sent a joining link

There is a Facebook Event at https://www.facebook.com/events/3283476918407304/

This event is being held as part of Edinburgh World Justice Festival.

Big polluters have tried to capture the UN Climate talks in the past and will no doubt try to do it again in 2021, when Glasgow hosts arguably the most important climate talks of all time: The 26th Annual Meeting of the UN’s Conference of Parties – otherwise known as COP26.

Despite the urgent need for climate action, previous COPs have been far from successful. International agreements have been inadequate, and shockingly, major polluting corporations have had a significant presence, helping impede the serious action needed to avert complete catastrophe.

So, as we witness climate breakdown around us, what can we do to lessen the corporate capture of these talks?

This online workshop features contributors from both Scotland and across the globe. We are joined by local campaign group Glasgow Calls Out Polluters, Fossil Free Politics and the International Solidarity Group of the COP26 Coalition.

Our soon-to-be-announced speakers will give their unique vantage point on the COP process before we move into more participatory discussion on how to campaign in the coming year leading up to these talks.

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Only a tiny number of refugees ever make it to Britain.

Once here they are subject to profiteering by companies controlling their lives.

On top of this the Tories are ramping up the anti-asylum rhetoric to deflect from their criminal handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Then this rhetoric is jumped on by fascists such as Britain First who have recently started storming refugee’s accommodation.

We can and must resist this.

Speakers:  Mohammad Asif (Afghani refugee),

Charlotte Ahmed (Scottish Secretary of UAF),

No Evictions campaign (tbc)

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Banks are still invested in fossil fuels even as they increase their support for renewables. So what role do they have in tackling climate change? Are they a potential ally to climate campaigners, or a foe impeding big change?

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Come and hear first hand from finance industry fund managers Bailie Gifford on how they are responding to the urgent need for decarbonisation.

Then hear from long-term climate activists BankTrack on how the financial industry must transform to meet the challenge of climate change. More speakers to be announced soon!

30 minute panel discussion followed by audience Q&A.

Confirmed speakers:

Andrew Cave, Head of Governance and Sustainability, Bailie Gifford

Ernst-Jan Kuiper, Climate Campaigner, BankTrack