Sarah Jenkinson
Communications Manager, Stop Climate Chaos Coalition
“2009 is one of the most important years in human history. In Copenhagen in December, world's leaders will decide if we head towards a future of a safe climate for ourselves, and future generations, or we head for a hot, glowering planet with greater poverty and conflict than we have ever seen. They must make the right choice.”
Sarah Jenkinson is Communications Manager with the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition www.stopclimatechaos.org. With a combined supporter base of more than 11 million people spanning over 100 organisations, this diverse coalition includes environmental and development charities, as well as trade unions, faith and women’s groups. Recent victories include the UK’s groundbreaking climate legislation which commits the UK to cutting its carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. This year the coalition is keeping the heat on the UK Government to quit dirty coal and deliver a fair international climate deal with a huge climate march in December in London. See for further details www.the-wave.org.uk
Sarah has been communicating the importance of tackling climate change for over 10 years. Starting at Europe’s leading eco-centre, the Centre for Alternative Technology in 1996, she has focused on positive and empowering communications to influence change. From eco forestry projects with communities in Papua New Guinea to a clean energy revolution in Australia, the arms trade in Africa and the Middle East to a ‘fair trade university’ UK initiative, she has campaigned for various NGOs including Oxfam, Greenpeace and Practical Action. Sarah studied Contemporary Cultural Studies at University of Birmingham, and has also worked in the digital arts sector.
