Bridgend MP Madeleine Moon attends rally to highlight threat of climate change

Bridgend MP Madeleine Moon attends rally to highlight threat of climate change

Local MP Madeleine Moon has attended an Operation Noah rally to show her support for the need to tackle climate change.

Madeleine accepted an invitation from Operation Noah, the Christian climate change campaign, to attend a colourful rally in central London. Mrs Moon demonstrated her support for Operation Noah's efforts to highlight the need for governments to tackle the threat of climate change at a crucial United Nations Summit in Copenhagen in December. The summit is being dubbed as ‘the last-chance saloon' for world leaders to act before global warming threatens more and more extreme weather events, including flooding and drought.

Madeleine Moon joined, Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and the Bishop of London, The Rt Revd Richard Chartres along with several hundred school children from London, Bristol and Hampshire dressed as animals, real alpacas, sheep, goats, geese and rabbits, a brass quintet, Afro-Caribbean drummers and a bicycle-powered PA system for the spectacle in the vicinity of the Palace of Westminster.

Madeleine Moon said: "I am very happy to support Operation Noah's campaign to ensure leaders tackle climate change urgently at Copenhagen in December."

"The involvement of so many school children, and their concern for the threat facing all the creatures of the world, was inspiring. Climate change, if not taken seriously, will dramatically affect not just the future of our species, but all species. It is great that children are so engaged in the issue and are pressuring us to do all we can now to save the planet they will inherit."

Ann Pettifor, Executive Director of Operation Noah, said: "Operation Noah welcomes the support of Madeleine Moon for the UK government to take the lead and negotiate substantial cuts in power station emissions at Copenhagen. If we are to protect the futures of our children and grandchildren, then it is vital that emissions are brought down to zero by 2030 - not 2050."

"The main aim of the Copenhagen summit is to establish an ambitious global climate agreement for the period from 2012. With Madeleine's support Operation Noah hopes to pressure the UK Government to lead the world in forging a deal that will prevent catastrophic climate change."