2001 | Rising Tide

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31.10.01	WORLD BANK PROJECTS FUND CLIMATE CHANGE Since 1992 the World Bank has poured $20 billion into 300 dirty fossil fuel energy projects that over their lifetime will produce an incredible 40 billion tons of Carbon Dioxide- as much as the ENTIRE WORLD EMISSIONS FOR TWO YEARS.
31.10.01	MARRAKESH COP7 OUR FUTURE IS COMPROMISED AGAIN The Seventh Conference of Parties intergovernmental climate conference in Marrakech continued in the well established pattern of further weakening the feeble Kyoto Protocol and increasing its vast loopholes. The event was marked by protests around the world. More
31.10.01	Reports and contacts from Rising Tide Gathering 13/14 October, Manchester: The 2001 Rising Tide gathering was a huge success with 90 people attending across the two days..
20.9.01	World Car Free Day Protests - 20 September Oxford Rising Tide Group - Critical Mass bicycle protest, Manchester Rising Tide Group - Critical Mass AND an evening of videos, information and inspiration
5.9.01	CLIMATE SCEPTIC GETS BAKED ALASKA Danish anti-environmentalist author Bjorn Lomborg had pie on his face in a climate change protest in Oxford.
31.8.01	Oil Company Assaults Ecuadorian Activists Nine women environmentalists were violently assaulted when they attempted a peaceful office occupation against the construction of the new heavy crude pipeline. They were protesting against a 500 mile pipeline which will help oil companies double production in the Amazon.
26.7.01	ACTIVISTS DISRUPT CLIMATE TALKS The last day of COP6.5 climate talks in Bonn was interrupted by activists protesting that the deal being signed would only serve the interests of big business and reinforce global inequality.
20.7.01	ISTANBUL: 14 arrested in protest Noisy climate protest in Turkey broken up by police.
16.7.01	Actions in Bonn! 400 people blockade road, 23 arrested. Protesters storm conference centre AND MUCH MORE....
16.7.01 - 23.7.01	BONN WEEK OF ACTION There was an unprecedented level of protest throughout Britain during and following the Bonn conference - evidence of a growing national movement against climate chaos!
01.6.01	THE TIDE IS HIGH Article in Red Pepper Magazine all about what Rising Tide is up to
14.5.01 - 9.6.0	RISING TIDE UK TOUR The Rising Tide climate change tour travelled around the UK, visiting 11 places and spreading information on climate change, inspiring action, and instilling hope that things really can get better, not just wetter.