Havant Friends of the Earth

Havant Borough Big Green Week

This runs from Saturday 6th – Sunday 14th June and the list of local events is on our Havant Climate Alliance website

Please support the groups which have set up events and share this link as much as you can

We want to make our neighbourhoods better places to live, protect the natural world we love and show politicians and decision makers that people across the UK want positive change.

There’s still time to get ideas and add events. Follow the links on our website

The People’s Emergency Briefing

There will be opportunities during Green Week to see this important new film which highlights Britain’s exposure to the climate and nature crises, and the potential for positive solutions. It brings together nine leading UK scientists and experts with the latest evidence and why it matters for things like extreme weather, food security, health and the cost of living.

It’s important that everyone learns about the emergency and so the National Emergency Briefing Group has launched an official UK parliamentary petition calling for a UK-wide public briefing from independent experts on the risks posed by climate change and nature loss – and the opportunities if we respond at scale and with urgency.

The aim is to reach 100,000 signatures to secure a Parliamentary debate, generate media attention, and significantly raise the profile of the National Emergency Briefing in Parliament.

If you support this idea, please sign – and, crucially, share it with friends, family or colleagues who might be interested?

Sign the government petition

The Nature & National Security Bill

Zero Hour, has launched a new ‘Secure Your Future’ campaign, which calls on the government to pass the Nature & National Security Bill which would be a  landmark legislation that would require the UK to restore nature as a matter of national security. The bill has strong and growing support, with backing from The Climate Coalition, as well as Wildlife & Countryside Link, the National Trust, The Wildlife Trusts, and Rebuilding Nature.

Zero Hour has put together a sharing pack to make it easy to talk about the campaign with your supporters, members, and social media followers. It includes sample newsletter copy, social media posts, and more.

Find out more at here

You can also access the Allies Resource Pack here

There is also an MP briefing on the Nature + National Security Bill breaking down the key concepts and making the case for why it matters.

Climate Emergency Centres

CEC have produced a series of webinars, some of which are lectures by the experts who spoke at the National Emergency briefings and all of which are worth watching.

Tap here for the webinars

Havant Thicket Reservoir

The Havant Thicket Reservoir project is moving along well but   there are still issues to be decided. If you’d like to know more and have your say please contact Pat Brooks at patabrooks123@gmail.com

We are of course still involved with challenging Southern Water’s plans to pump treated effluent into he reservoir and then pump it 40 km to Otterbourne. We believe this is hugely expensive and carbon intensive and that Southern Water are refusing to consider cheaper faster and more environmentally friendly alternatives. A consultation will be launched very soon.

Ward Level Environmental briefings

The Friends of the Earth policy team has created new ward-level environmental briefings for every council in England. These briefings include local data on issues like cold homes, flood risk, heat, air pollution, tree cover, greenspace and sewage spills.

You can use these briefings to engage your local councils, by emailing them to councillors in your area, using them in meetings, or linking them to your Charter of Hope, to show the local impacts in your ward.

Find your local ward briefing here

Climate lies vs Facts Hub

FOE have also added new articles to its series of fact checkers covering climate targets, renewables on farmland, energy bills and jobs and the economy. There’s also a distilled version in the Climate change lies vs facts

We are the Majority

Several surveys have shown that Reform supporters are actually more supportive of climate action than the party seems to believe. This is one shared by FOE last year

There’s lots more about this on the Climate Majority website

They say “Most people sense that we’re in deep trouble with climate breakdown, and they want to do something. Many have already begun. Welcome to the Climate Majority.

More reports highlight climate risks

The independent Climate Change Committee on Wdnesday 20th May published A Well-Adapted UK, setting out a comprehensive package of solutions to address the growing impacts of climate change on every aspect of life in the UK and highlighting the financial cost of inaction.

And the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee published a report the following day titled Surviving Drought: Reclaim the Rain

It warns that England is “sleepwalking into serious water scarcity,” projecting a supply deficit of 5 billion litres per day by 2055 if the government fails to aggressively mandate rainwater harvesting and water conservation.

Arguments for renewables

Are you regularly coming across people who believe that solar energy is no good unless the sun’s shining and the answer is to drill more of the North Sea? If you need to marshal your facts, Friends of the Earth has put together some helpful background information on renewables

Winchester Action on the Climate Crisis has published this blog digging deeper into why our largely depleted North Sea oil stocks won’t solve anything, and the UK Energy Research Centre, based at Imperial College London, has some more detail on why not and what needs to happen here

Dates for your Diary

Havant Climate Alliance meeting

The Next meeting will be on Monday 1st June – 9.30 am

Meetings are via Zoom, If you would like to join in the Zoom meeting, please email havclimate@gmail.com for the link.

Havant Borough Big Green

Saturday 6th – Sunday 14th June

See all the events here

Havant Community Energy Community Event 

Friday 18th – Sunday 20th September

Havant Community Energy (HCE) are organising a community event to take place in Havant Town Centre from Friday 18th – Sunday 20th September 2026.

The event will host music, a solar powered light show, speakers, artists and all who want to be involved.

We want it to be a fun event that is open and welcome to all to enjoy the community vibe.

Why? – The aim of the event is to raise awareness of environmental issues, climate change and help people to understand what they as individuals can do to help. It is also an opportunity to join the Havant Community Energy organisation.

Do put the dates in your diary and if you would like to know more or get involved.

If you would like to be involved please contact Shelly Saunders

email: shelleysaunders@kenektsolutions.earth

Mobile: (07929) 032692

Events and Training