Would-be MPs will be put on the spot over the climate crisis at a hustings event in Mapperley next week.
Gedling Climate Change Group and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust have teamed up to organise the event, which will take place on Monday, June 17 at 7pm at St James Church Centre on Marshall Hill Drive.
Organisers say the meeting is open to everyone that wants to ask questions and hear the views of the parliamentary candidates on the environment, with all five parties being represented.
Erin McDaid from Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Tackling said that climate chaos and nature depletion can no longer be shunted to the bottom of the political agenda
He said: “We have seen the increasing climate-driven devastation of flooding of homes and fields locally over the past years and the loss of nature and crops, both of which are financially expensive.
“The next five years will be crucial if a safe and secure future is to be achieved for both residents and wildlife”.
The event comes on the back of the two very successful events organised by Gedling Climate Change Group. A Nature Convention was held last November following April’s borough council hustings in 2023 which were really well attended, showing the increasing concerns of local people.
“We know local people are concerned about what is happening to the climate and our precious wildlife,” said Bob Vaughan-Newton, chair of Gedling Climate Change Group.
“We want candidates to take a leadership role in tackling these really important and urgent issues”
The parliamentary candidates are as follows:
Tom Randall for Conservatives,
Dominic Berry for Greens,
Michael Payne for Labour,
Tad Jones for LibDems,
Simon Christy for Reform UK.
You can find more details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/480092187714710
Climate and Nature never get the attention they deserve. So it’s good our future MP will be held accountable.
a meeting full of lies and hollow promises… i cant wait!