Further resources and links
Get your voice heard
and
write to your MP
are calls made
to every individual
by the leading organisations
seeking greater action on climate change.
Leading organisations making this call:
Greenpeace UK.
Why its worth contacting your MP even though they dont seem to care.
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/contact-mp-political-campaigning/
The United Nations (UN) Environmental Program
Act now, speak up,make your voice heard, share the facts.
https://www.unep.org/interactives/things-you-can-do-climate-emergency/
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Ten things you can do to help save our planet
Use your voice, be informed, be political.
https://www.wwf.org.uk/thingsyoucando
The Grantham Institute Imperial College London
Make your voice heard by those in power
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/climate-action/
Oxfam
Contact your MP today to call for urgent climate action
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-oxfam/contact-your-mp/
Send a personal letter or e-mail
CitizensClimateLobby UK
Write to your MP, meet your MP, team up, talk with people, write to the media.
https://citizensclimatelobby.uk/take-action/write-to-your-mp/
Friends Of The Earth
Take action in your community, ask the government to act on climate change
https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate-change/what-can-I-do-to-stop-climate-change
All of these organisations consider that writing to your MP calling for greater action to tackle climate change is the most impactful action any individual can take. Many of these organisations have experience of lobbying MPs and also confirm that it does work.
Confirmation that writing to your MP is appropriate:
Writing to your MP is an important and necessary part of a functioning democracy.
Official UK Parliament web site
"Get Involved"
guidance on lobbying and writing to your MP on the official UK parliament web site:
https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/lobbying-parliament/
WriteToThem
guidance and assistance writing to your MP
It’s much more powerful to write in your own words, telling your representative about your own beliefs and experiences
However note that WriteToThem block repeating template letters and e-mails so to use this web site your letter will need to be primarily self written.
Other organisations offering sample letters:
PowerForPeople UK.
The most impactful action you can take is to lobby your elected representatives, particularly your MP.
https://powerforpeople.org.uk/write-to-your-mp-leb/
EveryOneOfUs
Sample template letters
https://everyoneofus.uk/mp-letters
Greenpeace UK.
Make big changes happen by influencing your MP.
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lets-Lobby-our-MPs.pdf
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
"Your voice is powerful and can help put pressure on the Prime Minister and Secretary of State... The most impactful way to do this is through your local MP".
https://www.wwf.org.uk/climate-promises/contact-your-mp