Influencing COP26 - Through The Climate Change Festival

This Podcast is with with Fiona Dear the Campaign Manager of the Climate Coalition when we talk about the work of the Coalition and their plan to hold a nationwide Festival in September this year prior to the COP26 Summit in Glasgow the following month.

We discuss with her how we can all get involved in local Festivals during that month to make it clear that we are in an emergency and that governments must act urgently and that COP26 is crucial for this

The Climate Coalition is the UK’s largest group of people dedicated to action against climate change. Along with our sister organisations Stop Climate Chaos Cymru and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, we are a group of over 140 organisations — including the National Trust, Women's Institute, Oxfam, and RSPB — and 22 million voices strong. We are reaching across the UK to show our love for all the things we want to protect from climate change, and to ask politicians to put aside their differences and commit to doing whatever is necessary to protect them.

Fiona is a passionate campaigner with 12 years experience of working with UK and international climate coalitions, managing projects and engaging supporters at a community level in climate change campaigning. Focus in recent years has been on engaging organisations and new public audiences in climate change campaigns. Enjoying applying experience to voluntary local environmental campaigning.