Mick Bates AM was joined at the Senedd by a delegation of students from Coleg Powys to give a message to Dai the Blue Welsh Dragon to show his commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Wales by 40% (from 1990 levels) by 2020.
Stop Climate Chaos (SCC) Cymru held a Blue Dragon event at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay on Wednesday 25 November, to support a global climate deal that will aim to keep global warming under two degrees celsius. Dai is the Welsh Climate Dragon, turning blue alongside the thousands of climate activists, who have adopted the colour in the run-up to the international climate talks in Copenhagen this December.
Dai the Welsh Blue Dragon started his journey in Rhayader, Powys, where he was created by Russell Kirk and volunteers from the CARAD Community Group. His first stop was at the Senedd in Cardiff to meet Jane Davidson Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, and other Assembly Members, including Montgomeryshire AM Mick Bates and a delegation of students from Coleg Powys who were visiting the Senedd. Cerith Jones, one of the Welsh Assembly’s Climate Change Champions (CCC), and 30 Year-Two pupils from Mount Stuart Primary School in Cardiff Bay were there too.
Dai will take the Welsh calls for a fair, ambitious and binding (FAB) climate deal to marches in London and Copenhagen next month.
Welsh Liberal Democrat AM Mick Bates said: “Climate change is a global threat and will affect us all. The Welsh Assembly Government has agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2020 and we hope this will go some way in securing a greener future for generations of children. Now it is time for these words to be put into action to ensure that we play our part in Wales to safeguard our environment for the future.”
Julian Rosser, Chair of Stop Climate Chaos Cymru, said: “Over the past few months thousands of people across Wales have been joining the campaign to Stop Climate Chaos, and many will show their support by attending the mass march in London on 5 December.”
The SCC coalition believes that rich countries should take the lead by committing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and warmly welcomes last week’s all-party agreement by the National Assembly that Wales will seek to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% (from 1990 levels) by 2020. This decision puts Wales at the forefront of the international debate around keeping a global temperature rise below 2oC.
The Blue Dragon, along with hundreds of people from across Wales, will go on to The Wave event in Grosvenor Square, London at noon on Saturday 5 December, where the UK’s biggest ever demonstration in support of action on climate change will take place, bringing together tens of thousands of people ahead of the crucial UN inter-governmental climate summit in Copenhagen.
From London, the Blue Dragon will travel to Copenhagen for the Climate Change talks, alongside Jane Davidson and Cerith Jones who are attending the Copenhagen conference.
If you want to attend the event on Saturday, 5 December in London, or are interested in getting involved, please e-mail [email protected]; for more information about how to get to the mass march in London, please visit: http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/tags/Copenhagen
