COPSE – the Croydon Outdoor Pursuits and Social Events – is staging a global premiere of a film this Tuesday – possibly the most important documentary produced in our lifetimes.
Existential warning: Chris Packham fronts the 45min documentary
And a limited number of tickets are free for all to attend.
The People’s Emergency Briefing is part of a campaign to draw attention to the climate and nature crisis facing us.
The film features leading scientists, a former general and is presented by Chris Packham. All are far too frank about where things are heading and what can be done about it.
Late last year, the National Emergency Briefing was held in Westminster, where the country’s top scientists, doctors and senior military officers gave an historic briefing on the risk of “unprecedented societal and ecological collapse” to MPs and peers, calling for a new “World War Two type response.”
The briefing echoed the findings of a joint intelligence report from MI5 and MI6 that urged for a measured conversation about the “realistic possibility” that “ecosystems critical to UK national security” start to collapse by “2030 or sooner”. Yes: or sooner.
A national security threat that could leave the UK in a state struggling to “maintain food supply”. An investigation by ITV News‘s always excellent Martin Stew discovered that the full report had been withheld, in which our intelligence community forecasts possible contractions in the economy of more than double that of the 2008 crisis and even the risk of “mass mortality events”.
The People’s Emergency Briefing helps to fill in some of the gaps left out of the published joint intelligence report, and raises a range of important issues.
- COPSE’S screening of The People’s Emergency Briefing this Tuesday, April 7, will be followed by a community discussion.
- The screening will take place from 8.15pm to 10pm at South Croydon United Church Hall, Aberdeen Road, CR0 1EQ.
- Tickets are free, but you must have booked a ticket for entry. Click here to book
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4 years and 2 weeks ago, Jason Perry wrote these words for his manifesto:
“I confirm my commitment to improving our local air quality in this climate emergency, because it is of national and local importance to take the urgent actions necessary to improve our environment in Croydon. This means tackling air pollution, as well as moving towards ending our reliance on non-renewable energy sources.
I commit to developing policies that will help achieve our target of being carbon neutral by 2030 through a community-led approach. Acting on climate change is not the remit of any one part of Croydon. I am pleased to see that the Climate Crisis Commission Report places an emphasis on building trust, so that initiatives to cut emissions are genuinely co-created, not pushed from the top down.
I am also pleased to commit to implementing most – if not all – of the 23 Climate Recommendations detailed in the Climate Crisis Commission Report. As part of my own “Listening To Croydon” pledge, I will ensure that the community is brought with us as we implement these initiatives. We all saw the result of the Council’s implementation of the Parsons Mead LTN, which led to huge protests as their community felt completely ignored. Acting without listening is not a sustainable way to create change.
Any environmental schemes introduced by me, if I am Mayor of Croydon, will have evidenced based social and environmental benefits for residents and businesses, whilst not disproportionately impacting the poorest in our borough.
I will take strong action to protect Croydon’s vital and unique green spaces, which improve the environment and ensure that every resident (no matter whether they own a garden) can enjoy the great outdoors. It is vital that we protect the green lungs of Croydon, whether that be parks, woods or natural open spaces that help clean our air and support the physical and mental health of residents.
Development must be sustainable and I will ensure stronger planning protection for trees, to slow down the loss of mature trees and nature habitat which are so important to our ecology. I will protect allotments and will look at how we can use ‘bits and pieces’ of land around the borough for some form of “green use” for local communities, creating a ‘garden city’ environment.”
Like his promise to reopen Purley Pool and leisure centre, these commitments have been broken