I'm signed up, it's official

Hi, and welcome to my world of the Climate Change Cycle Ride. It's an exciting thing to think that in one month I will be on the streets of Copenhagen, giving the world's politicians my backing to a comprehensive and compelling global agreement. Not just something on paper, but something actually binding. Something that is going to reduce global carbon dioxide and the other emissions that are already causing weather havoc around the world.

"So" you might ask "how did this all come about?"

Very good question. I'm a pragmatic kind-of fellow and having understood a little about advocacy and campaigning as part of my time working at an international relief and development charity, I thought it was right to offer my time and enjoyment of cycling to the cause.

I think we can all see that I couldn't exactly justify flying out to Copenhagen for the COP15 event. It was for this reason that my employers The Methodist Church of Great Britain had been put off sending a representative. So I offered myself and teamed up with Christian Aid who have pooled together 30 or so other passionate folks to cycle there as well.

I do think the time is now, I do think it will be hard to implement, I do have hope that there is going to be the political will to sign on the dotted line, and I know that people are already suffering and dying because we haven't already acted decisively on this.