We are: In Good Company

1. We are:In Good Company The Good Companions: A Cornwall-wide network of engaged and climate active citizens Part of Café Disruptif ** A difficult road ahead – but we travel In Good Company ** Café Disruptif Manda Brookman and Katharine Lewis Presentation to Hayle and St Ives Community Network Panel 3 June 2019 www.cafedisruptif.com /wildlybrilliant@outlook.com/@mandabrookman

2. Let’s start with the bad news.. In Good Company ** A difficult road ahead – but we travel In Good Company **

6. Counting the Cost: A Year of Climate Breakdown 2018 https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Counting_the_Cost-pdf.pdf

8. Friday March 8 2019 (and just in case we think more temperate climates are immune … ) In Good Company

9. In Good Company England: in my lifetime, and that of my children

12. In Good Company Coverack 2017 ** A difficult road ahead – but we travel In Good Company **

13. 8 October 2018 IPCC 12 years 1.5 degrees

14. 1: 1.5 higher than “pre-industrial” levels 2: it’s a global average 3: we’re already at one degree higher 60% of world’s wildlife gone Droughts, floods, heatwaves Norway: 50% crop loss 2018

15. “If we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. The world's people have spoken … They want you, the decision-makers, to act now.” In Good Company

16. electric car infrastructuretotal decarbonisation of industries100% renewable energy reliantsmart gridsoff grid living; local food; low impact jobsbike/walk/public transport options as default In Good Company “unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres

17. What your council can do: Declare a climate emergency Form a climate / environment action group Inform and educate your local community In Good Company ** A difficult road ahead – but we travel In Good Company **

18. We can do this.In fact we’ve already begun. In Good Company ** A difficult road ahead – but we travel In Good Company **

19. Do we want in at the beginning – or the end? Update: 30th May: 67 first and second tier councils have declared. In Good Company

20. Helston and St Neot & Warleggan (and dozens more as we speak …) Declare a climate emergency Form a climate / environment action group Inform and educate your local community In Good Company Truro St Austell Falmouth Penryn Helston Mabe Penzance St Just in Roseland St Ives Chacewater ……………….. To name a few St Just

21. Chacewater Planning Transition Groups Stithians Energy Group Good Companions Low Carbon Ladock Café Disruptif In Good Company ** A difficult road ahead – but we travel In Good Company **

22. From individual … • Drive less • Fly less • Eat less meat and more local fruit and vegetables • Buy less • Waste less • ..to Cornwall Council • Emergency Plan • Communicate with parish and town • Engage and collaborate with communities • Courageous leadership; difficult decisions • Lobby Westminster In Good Company community level councils: critical role

23. Change to a renewable electricity supplier • Buy local / employ local • Install renewable energy on community buildings • Cut less grass – re-wild areas • Encourage (massive) tree planting In Good Company Parish and town councils have critical role as do-ers, enablers and influencers

24. Buy less – use less – less waste (food waste) • Install LED lights • Install electric vehicle charging points • Create natural play grounds for children • Encourage local businesses to reduce GHGs (use the N Plan) • Walk to school programmes …. etc. In Good Company ** A difficult road ahead – but we travel In Good Company **

25. www.cafedisruptif.com/climate-emergency-declarers.html