In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast we explore campaigns where local action is integral to national progress. We hear about We’re Right Here, the campaign for the Community Power Act. We chat to two of the campaign’s local leaders, Claude Hendrickson MBE, a diversity and inclusion expert and community housing advocate based in Leeds; and Charlotte Hollins, tenant farmer at Fordhall Farm, the UK’s first community-owned farm. We also learn about Zero Hour, the campaign for the Climate and Nature (CAN) Bill. We speak to Political Communications Manager Allan Gray, who tells us about a new push for people across the UK to show their support for the bill through constituency-specific open letters. We uncover how Climate Emergency UK’s latest Council Climate Action Scorecards can be used as a lobbying tool locally and at a national level to call for better funding and support for councils to implement their climate action plans, and hear about the call for climate statutory duty for councils, which would make targets legally binding for local authorities, and could help to accelerate action across the UK. 

Listen now and learn: 

• Why engaging your MP and building a rapport could be the key to securing more political support for climate and nature. 
• How delegating responsibilities for decision-making and service provision to local people could save time, money and resources. 
• How to use the council climate action scorecards to learn more about the issues in your area so you can lobby for change locally. 
• How to get involved by adding your voice to high-impact campaigns for climate and nature. 

Full transcript available at https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/lobby-for-change

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Show notes 

• Find out more about lobbying for change: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction/lobby-for-change 
• Explore all 25 Big Local Actions: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction 
• Listen back to previous episodes and series of the Carbon Copy Podcast: https://carboncopy.eco/podcast  
• Find your Council’s Climate Action Scorecard score: https://councilclimatescorecards.uk/ 
• Learn about Climate Statutory Duty for councils: https://climateemergency.uk/were-behind-on-our-climate-targets-for-2030-so-make-action-a-council-duty/ 
• Learn about the We’re Right Here campaign: https://www.right-here.org/ 
• Read about the Climate and Nature Bill, and sign an open letter in your constituency: https://action.zerohour.uk/ 
• Take part in The Climate Coalition (TCC)’s Mass Lobby event: https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/act-now-change-forever  
• Share your thoughts, feedback or suggestions with us: hello@carboncopy.eco  

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