Talk:Climate Portal

This article is part of the Climate project of Spinwatch.

Before you start

Before starting on Spin, please look at http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/SpinProfiles:Quick_Guide_to_Getting_Started And http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/A_Guide_to_Referencing (Section: New style referencing)

Things to do on the climate Portal

• I have added the COP15 sponsors to

http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Copenhagen_2009:_Who%27s_Who It worries me because it's a bunch of car makers and an airline etc. However, it could be argued(?) that it is good to have these people as sponsors because they could learn stuff and clean up the act of their industries? can someone please summarise the argument here -- dangers and poss benefits (if any) of having these people on board? I am happy to add stuff to climate portal but am not at all an expert so you will need to monitor all that I do.--Claire Robinson 14:48, 30 October 2009 (UTC) Happy to do this but not for a week or so..Patrick? Others?..--Miriam Rose 16:08, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

• Fill in full details of this American Petroleum Institute memo leaked to Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/reports/oil-memo - Also create and expand a basic page on the API. done --Claire Robinson 13:48, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

COP 15 process

We need serious work on the following lobby groups active in the run up to copenhagen.

• World Economic Forum’s G8 Climate Change Roundtable aka? The World Economic Forum's Climate Change Initiative (is this the same)? DONE --Miriam Rose 12:53, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
• Climate Consortium Denmark
• Copenhagen Climate Council http://www.copenhagenclimatecouncil.com/world-business-summit/organisers.html
• The United Nations Global Compact
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• The Climate Group
• Combat Climate Change(this is important and needs work. It organised the World Business Summit on Climate Change - we should have a page on this)  !!Will work on this. Miriam !!
• Business_Council_for_Sustainable_Development-UK
• International_Emissions_Trading_Association

Energy lobby groups?

What is the significance of these groups?

• Energy_Retail_Association
• Energy_Networks_Association
• Electricity_Networks_Strategy_Group
• London_Climate_Change_Services

• !! Since I started this work in March I am happy to continue this.. Miriam

Some resources

• http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/BP_and_COP_15
• http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Shell_and_COP15
• http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Image:Agriculture_climate_change_September_2009.pdf Excellent new report from Econexus, Biofuelwatch and others, should be mined for info about the lobby groups which are trying to get agriculture into COP15, for their own interests.

UK climate lobby groups

There seem to be a cluster of climate lobby groups and other possibly related organisations located at 35-37 or 36 or 38 Grosvenor Gardens. It wold be good to investigate each of thses and either profile thos which are connected and engaged in climate lobby work or eliminate them from climate enquiries. (Please not beside the name of each one this you eliminate below and also check that there are no duplicate organisations with similar names)

• Combined Heat and Power Association 35-37 Grosvenor Gardens (we should also start a page on this street and list who is there) DONE --Miriam Rose 16:47, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
• Sustainability First DONE--Miriam Rose 14:37, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

c/o CHPA

Grosvenor Gardens House

35-37 Grosvenor Gardens

London

SW1W 0BS

• Carrot Communications DONE--Miriam Rose 14:37, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Public Relations Consultants (Head Office) based in the Grosvenor Gardens area of London Tel: 020 7386 4860 Address: Grosvenor Gardens House, 35-37 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0BS

*Columbus Communications (UK) Public Relations Consultants (Office & Administration) based in the Grosvenor Gardens area of London Tel: 020 72591100 Address: 36 Grosvenor Gdns London SW1W 0EB * Columbus PRCO Public Relations Consultants (Head Office) based in the Grosvenor Gardens area of London Tel: 020 72591110 Address: 36 Grosvenor Gdns London SW1W 0EB * PRCo Public Relations Consultants (Office & Administration) based in the Grosvenor Gardens area of London Tel: 020 72591100 Address: 36 Grosvenor Gdns London SW1W 0EB Not related- these are a number of PR companies working in te fashion and luxury travel industries--Miriam Rose 14:37, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

• Mocoh Energy Oil Companies (Office & Administration) based in the Grosvenor Gardens area of London

Tel: 020 79319200 DONE--Miriam Rose 14:37, 17 November 2009 (UTC) Address: Grosvenor Gdns House, 35-37 Grosvenor Gdns London SW1W 0BS

• Parliamentary Liason Services

Public Relations Consultants (Head Office) based in the Grosvenor Gardens area of London Tel: 020 77308599 Address: 38 Grosvenor Gdns London SW1W 0EB View Parliamentary Liason Services's profile

• Praseg Energy Conservation Consultants (Office & Administration) based in the Grosvenor Gardens area of London

Tel: 020 72335887 Address: Grosvenor Gdns House, 35-37 Grosvenor Gdns London SW1W 0BS

• Social Venture Network Europe

Environmental Consultants (Head Office) based in the Grosvenor Gardens area of London Tel: 020 78819007 Address: 46-48 Grosvenor Gdns London SW1W 0EB

• UK Business Council For Sustainable Energy

!! I have done quite a bit of work on this which I didnt put on the site..will enter everything I have on this..and am interested to keep working on Grosvenor gardens!! DONE --Miriam Rose 16:06, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Energy Conservation Consultants (Office & Administration) based in the Grosvenor Gardens area of London Tel: 020 79766655 Address: Grosvenor Gardens House, 35-37 Grosvenor Gdns London SW1W 0BS

• Ylva French

Public Relations Consultants (Office & Administration) based in the Grosvenor Gardens area of London Tel: 020 72336789 Address: Grosvenor Gardens House, 35-37 Grosvenor Gdns London SW1W 0BS

Remember the badge and the categories!

As you update and create new articles, please add

• The climate badge. Just add this text at the top of each page you edit: {{Template:Climate badge}} It will look like the badge in the top right corner of this page once saved... Add it even if there is another badge already on the page. There is no problem with more than one badge for differing portals/projects.
• categories at the foot of each page in line with the categories given on the right of the climate portal page at http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Climate_Portal

So for instance, if some group fits into the category, Climate: Energy Industry Then add [[Category:Climate: Energy Industry]] to the foot of your new page. NB Please add the basic climate category to ALL articles intended to be part of the Climate portal -- this is done by typing [[Category:Climate]] . This will ensure that the article shows up in the Climate portal when a visitor to the site goes there.