The networking group - the camp for climate action

The networking group - the camp for climate action

The networking group - the camp for climate action

1 March 2007Feature

"We are witnessing the birth of a new social movement to force action on climate change." Johann Hari, The Independent, on the Camp for Climate Action 2006

Over fifty years ago, the peace movement burst into life in response to the very real threat posed by nuclear weapons. Mass collective action - from Aldermaston to Greenham Common - was successfully used to wake up the world to the madness of the cold war and the arms race.

Today, it is widely agreed that climate change is the greatest threat facing humanity. A new generation is mobilising to confront the root causes of this danger and to create a space for the radical social change…