Every year, CAGNE organises the Time is Ticking series of online talks to coincide with COP, as part of the #pledgetoflyless educational environmental campaign. There are four in the series, see below for the subjects and YouTube links.
1. Update on ‘Gatwick Airport’s new runway is not a done deal’
Watch here:
https://youtu.be/4L51V9kdX-0
Hear from the CAGNE and Leigh Day team on the progress of the Judicial Review against this new runway and what happens next.
2. Sian Berry MP – Hopes for COP30, policy, and airport expansion
Watch here:
https://youtu.be/T0Nty2fAsv4
Sian Berry is the Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion and has been an MP continuously since 4 July 2024. She currently undertakes the roles of Green Spokesperson for Crime & Policing, Justice, Transport, Work & Pensions, Culture, Media & Sport, and democratic standards.
3. Discussing airport expansion – ‘better, not bigger’ with Ruth Cadbury MP
Watch here:
https://youtu.be/RYXNdRbN2iA
Touching on the work by the Transport Select Committee (which she chairs) on airport expansion (at Gatwick and beyond).
Ruth Cadbury MP is the Labour MP for the west London seat of Brentford and Isleworth since 2015. In September 2024, she was also elected the Chair of the Transport Select Committee.
During her Parliamentary career, Ruth has chaired the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Cycling and Walking, Transport Safety, Airport Communities, and Women in Transport. She has previously held shadow ministerial roles including Shadow Prisons Minister.
Prior to her election to Parliament, Ruth was a town planner working in local government and the third sector. She was a Councillor in the London Borough of Hounslow for 25 years and chaired the Barrow Cadbury Trust – a leading social justice foundation.
4. A River Runs Through It: Science-Led Stewardship for the Upper Mole with Simon Collins
Watch here:
https://youtu.be/0-l1nKht1x4
A talk revealing how citizen science from River Mole River Watch is monitoring floods and pollution in real time. Discover the challenges posed by development and explore practical opportunities to enhance resilience, water quality, and habitat through evidence-based planning. A balanced, data-driven look at protecting and improving our local river.
To support opposing a new runway at Gatwick Airport, you can donate to the legal team at this crowdjustice page that pays directly into the account of Leigh Day Solicitors:
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/oppose-a-new-runway-at-gatwick/
Or at www.cagne.org
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