On Saturday 4th November, I joined 22,500 people who marched from the US Embassy to Trafalgar Square to raise awareness of the urgent need for action to address climate change.

The rally was timed to take place before the UN Climate Talks in Nairobi (6th-17th November). People from many different walks of life, including famous names such as George Monbiot, comedian Simon Amstell and musicians Razorlight and K T Tunstall came together to demand urgent action on climate change.

The mood of the gathered crowd was lifted by the brilliant sunshine and unseasonably warm weather (very apt) but I think that we all knew that we have reached a tipping point. It’s now or never if we want to avoid the worst excesses of climate change.

Over the next few weeks I will be signposting some of the actions that Sutton Council is taking, in co-operation with local people to ‘do our bit’.