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Our Grandchildren’s Climate is an organisation of Seniors (not only grandparents) who are working to bring about change and to ensure that the world where future generations grow up will be safe, healthy and just. For more information go to Our Mission
Our EXECUTIVE Group meets on the first Wednesday in even months at 5 pm. We warmly welcome suggestions and comments from a wider public: info@ourgrandchildrensclimate.org.
Our OPEN meetings, open to the public, take place on the first Wednesday in odd months (ie. 4th November, then January) at 5-6.30 pm - usually with a speaker. Please Let us know if you can recommend a suitable speaker or topic for our Open Meetings this autumn. Our ACTIONS Working Group meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month (8th September, 13th October etc) at 4 pm.
Taking inspiration from Michael Mosley's
"Just one Thing"
DO JUST ONE THING IN SEPTEMBER
OutRAGE Oct 1st 1-3pm 2026 on the International Day for Older People we are holding an action outside Parliament to make our voices heard. Join us to demand that government and all our representatives act now for a liveable and just planet for future generations. We are planning to present a tree decorated with messages from grandchildren of all ages. We will process and we will sing and dance as a group of elders and grandparents between the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero to Parliament pausing briefly by Downing Street to make our voices as older people heard. No Nature, No Future! End fossil fuel extraction! Transition Now to a Fossil Free Future! Don’t fiddle while the planet burns! For more information do contact us at info @ourgrandchildrensclimate.com
Do you have a grandchild who is starting University this autumn? Did you know/ do they know that a substantial proportion of the fees they pay could be being invested by their university in the very fossil fuels that are going to damage their and their generation's future? In the next few weeks we will be publishing a list of the Higher Education Institutions that have committed to NOT invest in fossil fuels, as well as suggestions for how your grandchild can make any objections known.
Second Conference on Transitioning away from Fossil fuels (TAFF)
We are applying to join the next conference in Tuvalu in 2027, by adding a "grandparent heritage angle." A Tuvalu Minister said of their joint chairing with Ireland in 2027: "We are two island peoples, separated by the width of the world, yet bound together by something deeper. We are both nations shaped by history, by the ocean and by this common cause: to unite the world to transition away from fossil fuels". Full report here. We have corresponded with the Irish Government and campaigners in Ireland, about our wish to become involved. Note that the actual wind-down of fossil fuels is NOT on the agenda of the regular COP31 this November. That's why TAFF is so important.
Our next Open Meeting will be on Wednesday 4th November at 5 pm. Further details nearer the time.
Picture below: Felix and Milo's contribution. To see more, click here.
Some good news for our grandchildren: Parliament passed the UK's Seventh Carbon Budget into law by 332 votes to 94. This mandates an 87% reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from 1990 levels, and covers the period 2038 to 2042. Do you want to contact your MP and thank them for voting for, or complain if they voted against? Mention OGC if you do. The list of which MPs voted which way is here.
From now on, emissions reductions will depend far more heavily on changes across the wider economy, including the everyday economic activity of all of us. Despite the current controversies (and misunderstandings and lies) around “Net Zero”, we must maintain coordinated action. For the full text of the report read here . The Report summary takes five minutes to read.
