Climate Hearings

This autumn and winter a series of Climate Hearings will be held across the UK from as far north as the Scottish Isle of South Usit to Bristol and London in the south of England.

Oxfam is running these events with partners and aims to:

• Raise awareness of, and show how, climate change is affecting people in the UK;
• Link this evidence to other international case studies to raise awareness of the fact that climate change is costing lives and increasing poverty;
• Make clear what the UK public can do to fight the affects of climate change, including taking personal and political action.

Climate Hearings aren't just happening in the UK; over the past few months 90 hearings (in 19 countries, attended by 160,000 people) have happened all over the world and many powerful testimonies have been gathered.

An international hearing will be held in Copenhagen this December just before the UN Conference on Climate Change. At the hearing all the testimonies gathered from around the world will be brought together to demonstrate un-ignorable truth that climate change is costing lives and that world leaders need to put vulnerable people first during the conference and agree a fair, adequate and binding deal for all.

If you or someone you know has been affected by climate change, help us to lobby world leaders by testifying at one of our events. Contact us and add your voice to thousands from around the world, be part of change.

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Wales

Aberystwyth 11th November, 7pm–9pm
National Library of Wales
Speakers including writer and activist George Monbiot, will be bringing their experience from Wales, Kenya and Bangladesh

Cardiff 16th November, 7pm–9pm
City Hall
Speakers including Oxfam GB's Regional Director for Southern Africa Charles Abani, will be bringing their experience from Nepal, Southern Africa, Bangladesh, and Wales.

Llangefni 19th November, 7pm–9pm
Oriel Ynys Mon, Llangefni
Speakers including Martha Musonza Holman from Zimbabwe, will be bringing their experience from Wales, Zimbabwe and more.

For further details please contact
Bethan Harper
 0300 200 1269

England

Doncaster 27th November, 5pm–8pm (buffet from 16.15)
Bentley Pavillion
Speakers include Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Phil Bloomner, Director Campaigns and Policy Oxfam, Steve Wragg, Enviroment Agency

London 26 November, 6.30pm–8pm
City Hall
Speakers include Isabel Dedring, Mayors Enviroment Director, Darren Johnson, Chair London Assembly, Maria Adebowale, Director Capacity Global,

For further details please contact
Suzanne Saunter

Scotland

South Uist 14 November, 1pm–3pm
Borrodale Hotel, Dalliburth

For further details please contact
Sarah Watson - 0141 285 8875