Key themes came out of dialogue between various different groups working on building a grassroots coalition to take action together on climate change and racism, oil exploitation and the social injustices caused by environmental issues such as pollution.

Identifying actions people care about and key issues

1. Our relationship to the land: Sharing our diverse understandings to looking after the land

2. Anti Repression: It is both Black communities and climate activists who are targeted, infiltrated and discriminated by the State through various methods of police and state repression

3. Borders and Migration: Climate Change is perpetuating racism as environmental refugees seek shelter in foreign countries.

4. Climate Impacts: Locally and globally it is Black communities who are bearing the brunt of the impacts of climate change first. From Africa and Asia where communities are facing rising sea levels to on our doorstep with communities who live by carbon heavy industries or in economically deprived areas to face illegal and high levels of noise and air pollution.

Anti racist organisations and climate change activists must come together to together to tackle this double injustice 'climate racism'. We must share our experiences and thoughts to defend our communities and take action together.

Ideas for Consciousness raising, Action and continuing the dialogue

1. Useful films: The Power of Community, The End of Suburbia

2. Self defence for Justice: How communities how defend themselves against racism and environmental injustice. Share ideas on what actions have inspired us? Why were they satisfying?

3. Transition justice for workers: Engage in dialogue with workers dependent on working with carbon heavy industries such as Glasgow airport.

4. Identifying mutual needs between black and white communities: What constitutes race and privilege?

Suggestions for future events and actions

1. Public meeting on policing: What are the common areas between state repression of climate change activists and communities of colour? What are the links and how can we work together?

2. International Video Link (Climate Solidarity): Between communities of colour in the UK affected by the social impacts and deprivation caused by climate change between communities in the Global South facing rising sea levels now (i.e. communities in the Niger Delta).

3. Direct Action Workshop: How we can bring our issues into action on the ground i.e. multi sited actions against environmental injustices around Heathrow,. Sharing ideas of what has raised consciousness and support their objectives for justice before i.e. Southall race riots, Gate Gourmet, Plane Stupid actions at Stansted

The Future:

There are a range of grassroots groups across the UK coming together to share dialogue on the relationships between environmental sustainability and race and to take united action on 'climate racism'

Useful Groups and Contacts

· The Monitoring Group http://www.tmg-uk.org/

·  Gate Gourmet Strike at Heathrow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkc0jq6pUY0

·  Ben- Remember Saro Wiwa in Deptford- in The Stephen Lawrence Centre

·   http://remembersarowiwa.com/shaping-the-future-global-art-project-launched-by-families-of-ken-saro-wiwa-and-stephen-lawrence/

·    http://www.capacity.org.uk/downloads/eac_diversity_report.pdf

·  'Hard2Reach' training by Capacity Global - end of January (27^th) and April (10^th)