SAS's, Stop Climate Chaos' (And The World's) Climate Change Victory

In early October SAS lobbied all of the UK's MPs, urgently calling on their support for a strong Climate Change Law. This action was to counter the UK Government who were actively lobbying to weaken the EU Renewables Directive at the time. On this action SAS worked along side other members of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition, groups as diverse as Greenpeace to the Women's Institute.

Highlighted in SAS’s report “Climate Change A Surfer’s Perspective”, the impacts on recreational waters users could be dramatic; including a reduction in water quality and increased health risk, loss of surf spots especially reef breaks and possible change in our wave climate.  (Download the full report from the SAS website).

The majority of MPs supported SAS’s calls for a strong Climate Change Law and this may have been the decisive factor in persuading the Government into the right decision.  SAS were stoked with the news that the new Climate Change Law will sign the UK up to reducing carbon emission by 80% by 2050 and the new legislation includes aviation and shipping. This is the world’s first Climate Change Law and it’s worthy piece of legislation that will go some way to protecting all recreational waters users from the impacts of climate change.

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