Jubilant and blue

Blue is the colour, not the mood. We've a carnival spirit as we prepare to gather for The Wave, a demonstration of public feeling for action addressing the threat of climate change.

Yes, I do believe humankind's actions are driving our climate ever faster towards a critical moment where the balance will be tipped against life as we know it. The recent media circus around the emails from climate scientists is a distraction from the fact that we all face a very difficult future. The sheer volume and breadth of evidence supporting the fact that we're in the jaws of a man made crisis of global proportion is only matched by the idiocy of focusing on a couple of emails speculating on a statistical anomally.

Mind you, we've had a whale of a time getting here haven't we? Discovering fire, learning how to manage our environment. Cook food, domesticate livestock, exploit natural resources and discover faster and easier ways to pass our time. It's been a blast. Now, we've grown-up and it's time to act responsibly.. but let's have a celebratory event to show we can still have fun and be adults too. The Wave is our way of making a political point without anger or apportioning blame. For once, the saying, "we're all in this together" is really true. Put simply, we want a fair, binding and ambitious deal agreed by our representatives at Copenhagen.

• We want it to be fair in that developed countries make the biggest contributions to support those who don't have the infrastructure or resources to offer as much to meet the challenge of climate change.
• We need binding agreements so that promises can't be broken if short term gain starts to outweigh the longterm aim.
• Finally, ambition. To limit average global temperature change to no more than 2 degrees celsius, we need to change lifestyles and deeply rooted traditions or systems. We need to be ambitious with energy sources, with transport, food and society.

The RSPB is seen by many as a club for middle-class, middle-englanders. We're not. We're an inclusive and passionate conservation charity that believes in social justice and development ... in harmony with, and supported by, the natural world. Wildlife can't exist without the food, space and clean water necesary for life. Neither can people. That's why we'll be gathering in Grosvenor Square, making some noise and having some fun tomorrow [Saturday].

The more people there are.. the more powerful our message will be. Come and join us on the march, wear something blue, we'll create a wave advancing on Westminster, culminating in a symbollic wave of hands and noise at three o-clock..  and then send us your comments and images of the day.

We believe we can make a difference. But we need as many people as possible to speak up for wildlife to make our collective voices heard in Copenhagen. Believe with us and join The Wave.