Hi all,

only a week now until the “Is Manchester City Council taking the right action on climate change?” event. It’s at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St. There’ll be contributions from Cllr Nigel Murphy, Cllr Marc Ramsbottom and Brian Candeland, and lots of scope for questions from the audience, and mingling and networking.
Book your free ticket here.

Coming up this week (see our March 2012 calendar pagefor more info)

Tues 10th, 7pm Friends of the Earth meeting at Greenfish Resource Centre (including discussion of FoE’s position on Manchester Airport.

Thurs 12th, 7pm Manchester Green Party meeting, Friends Meeting House

National News
Thurs 5th The Committee on Climate Change launched its report on International Aviation and Shipping emissions – saying there is no longer any reason to exclude these from carbon budgets. In the report “Scope of Carbon Budgets – Statutory Advice on Inclusion of International Aviation and Shipping” they conclude that the current approach should be formalised through the inclusion of these emissions in carbon budgets and the 2050 target. This will provide the most transparent, comprehensive and flexible accounting framework under the Climate Change Act.

Reading and Watching
In celebration of the Nature Climate Change’s first anniversary this month, the editors invite you to view a free compilation of articles from each of the first 12 issues. The articles have been chosen to illustrate the breadth and depth of the journal’s content, including primary research, interviews, commentaries and features. Access the full compilation of articles here: www.nature.com/nclimate/focus/1st-anniversary/index.html?WT.mc_id=CC1204CX020

Over at “Get Resilient” Walt Patterson writes about “Resilient Electricity”

Climate scientist James Hansen will compare Climate Change to Slavery as a moral issue on Tuesday, according to the Grauniad.

Scary Science
Third warmest UK March on record.