Green groups are to hold a “Climate Conversation” Global Day of Action and Justice event in Dorchester next month ahead of the vital Conference of the Parties (COP-26) negotiations taking place in Glasgow.
The Climate Conversation will take place at 12 noon on 6 November around the Town Pump in South Street, Dorchester.
Organised by the Dorchester Churches Together Ecology Group, the event comes on the day climate activists and groups unite around a common goal: to demand governments and corporations limit global temperatures to 1.5C and deliver real and just solutions to the climate crisis.
Town crier Alistair Chisholm, who has just won his record equalling 11th Town Crier National Championships in Hastings, Kent, will urge people to come together.
Dorchester Mayor Councillor Gareth Jones will talk about the council’s climate emergency response. The town council has pursued two significant renewable heat projects located at the Cricket Club and in the Municipal buildings.
There will be a two minute silence and people will then be able to views stands and take part in activities and conversations with a number of organisations, including Transition Towns Dorchester, the Quakers and Christian Aid.
Val Potter, chair of the Churches Together Ecology Group, said the event is important in joining with others around the world at the time of the COP-26 negotiations.
“The changing climate is already affecting us all, especially the poorest people on earth, and we need to make sure that the global politicians take urgent action now to protect the plant and the lives of all our children and grandchildren,” she said.
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