Dear Reader,

During August, we published 60 new posts related to climate change on the CovCAN website at covcan.uk. You will find a list of them all in one of the posts we include below. They include all the climate-related groups and activities working in and around Coventry. If you know of any we have missed please let me know.

To keep up to date with CovCAN you might like to subscribe to the weekly CovCAN newsletter.

UNA Coventry had been working with the counter-terrorism police and others to organise another conference in November following the very successful one we ran last year. Unfortunately due to technical reasons we have had to postpone these plans.

However we are now planning a Restorative Justice Conference to run in November. Details will follow in next month's newsletter.

And on 5 September we will host a talk by award-winning Nepalese human rights campaigner Indira Rana Magar in Coventry Council House. Details in the event list below.

As this newsletter goes out we are expecting our Human Rights in Action project manager to return to Coventry from her training course in Geneva. We will soon be holding a meeting to get her feedback on the course and make some decisions about what project she wants to run to promote human rights over the next 6 months.

Selections of our other news and forthcoming events are given below. Visit our website to see everything we are doing.

Philip Brown

Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
philip@unacov.uk

Recent News Highlights

See our website for more of our recent news articles.

Academic Council on the United Nations System

The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) is a global professional association of educational and research institutions, individual scholars, and practitioners active in the work and study of the United Nations, multilateral relations, global governance, and international cooperation. It promotes teaching on these topics, as well as dialogue and mutual understanding across and between academics, practitioners, civil society …

CovCAN Posts in August 2019

The following 60 articles were posted on the Coventry Climate Action Network website during August. “UK Needs Persuasive Political Leadership” – UK Chief Environment Scientist Action on Banks Amazon Rainforest on Fire Banking Investments in Fossil Fuels Can capturing carbon buy us time to tackle climate change? Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance Change Festival Declares Climate Emergency Climate Outreach Cogs of …

Shop at Amazon? Generate money for UNA

United Nations Association - UK is one of the charities which AmazonSmile supports. If you visit Amazon using smile.amazon.co.uk then every time you make a purchase they donate a small sum to UNA-UK. These small sums add up. Remember, only purchases at smile.amazon.co.uk support charity. Purchases made at www.amazon.co.uk or via the mobile app do not. It's easy, it's for …

Human Freedom Index

The Human Freedom Index (HFI) presents the state of human freedom in the world based on a broad measure that encompasses personal, civil, and economic freedom. Human freedom is a social concept that recognizes the dignity of individuals and is defined here as negative liberty or the absence of coercive constraint. HFI is a resource that can help to more …

International Days Calendar

The United Nations recognises many international days. The UN Association of Coventry will be publishing a Calendar of International Days which will include illustrations of some of these days. Please email one or more pictures or photographs representing an international day listed below to calendar@unacov.uk or by post to UNA Calendar, 176 Greendale Road, Coventry CV5 8AY. Images sent by …

Mental Health project within Muslim Communities

Mental Health is included in Sustainable Development Goal 3 which focuses on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages. See this report from the World Health Organisation for more. Shagufta Hamid-Khan is the lead and chair of the Coventry Mental Health project within Muslim Communities which fits very well into both her role as the Chair …

Forthcoming Events

Please get in touch if you want to help organise an event. Please contact events@unacov.uk

Talk by Nepalese Human Rights Campaigner

Founder and Chairperson of Prisoners Assistance Nepal, Indira Rana Magar, will speak on 5 September in Coventry Council House about her work providing basic needs and promoting the human rights of female prisoners and their children in Nepal. She was awarded the World’s Children’s Prize Honorary Award by Queen Silvia of Sweden in 2014 for protecting the rights of incarcerated mothers …

Inclusive Economies and Enduring Peace

This public panel to be held at the University of Warwick on 6 September will discuss The Transformative Role of Social Reproduction. Social reproduction (what is often called care work) is vital yet taken for granted in the survival of populations during conflict and the recovery from conflict. Yet, the labour of care is hardly recognized or resourced in post-conflict …

Jammu and Kashmir - What does the future hold?

Warwick District UN Association will be hosting a talk by Aaditya Dave who is a Research Analyst at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on 7 September in Leamington. The recent move by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s government to extinguish Jammu and Kashmir autonomy may play well with the voters in India but is unlikely to improve regional security. India …

Unwell in unrest

This event is part of the British Science Festival 2019 and will be held on 11 September at the University of Warwick. When armed conflicts involve weaponry, they can cause life-threatening physical injuries, so it may seem obvious that war is bad for health. Yet cases of serious diseases like cancer also dramatically increase in times of unrest. While ‘armed …

Climate Change Film and Q&A with Co-Producer

7.30 pm on Wednesday 18th September there will be a showing of the new climate change documentary The Race is On: Secrets and Solutions of Climate Change followed by a discussion with Dr James Dyke, its co-producer and presenter. ‘The Race is On’ features four world-leading experts who reveal not only the disturbing assumptions at the heart of all governments’ …

Global Climate Strike

On the Friday 20 September 2019 people of Coventry will meet outside Coventry Council House at 10:00 to show they demand urgent, radical and bold action on the climate crisis. At 14:00 we will have a meeting inside Committee Room 3 of the Council House to launch of Climate Action Week which will culminate in Earth Strike on Friday 27 …

UN Youth Climate Summit

The UN Youth Climate Summit on 21 September at United Nations Headquarters in New York will be a platform for young leaders who are driving climate action to showcase their solutions at the United Nations, and to meaningfully engage with decision-makers on the defining issue of our time. This historic event will be part of a weekend of events leading …

International Day of Peace 2019

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. Sustainable Development Goal 16 “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions” calls for promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access …

Our Place at the Table

Everyone from across the city is welcome to join Our Place at the Table from 12pm-4pm on Saturday 21 September in Foleshill Community Centre. This will be an open conversation celebrating the 'International Day of Peace' with a chance for you to talk about equality, peace and human rights in our city. Tickets are FREE and lunch will be provided by …

UN Climate Change Summit 2019

UN Secretary-General António Guterres will host world leaders at the 2019 Climate Action Summit on 23 September in New York to boost ambition and accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This will follow the UN Youth Climate Summit on 21 September. Global emissions are reaching record levels and show no sign of peaking. The last four …

United Nations Day

UN Day is 24 October, anniversary of day UN Charter entered into force.

Making Coventry’s Clean Green Future

Responding locally to the 2030 UN Global Climate Change Emergency On 26 October, Climate Change Solutions will run ‘Making Coventry’s Green Future’ in Methodist Central Hall. The UN science-based climate emergency requires 50% cut in current carbon emissions by 2030 to contain global warming within 1.5 degrees so avert irreversible catastrophe for life on earth. Coventry, as other cities, recognises …

WFUNA International Model UN (WIMUM) 2019

WIMUN offers the most accurate simulation of the United Nations by using the WIMUN approach and features training and briefings delivered by UN officials. WIMUN Geneva, to be held from 30 Oct to 2 Nov, will be held at the Centre International de Conférences Genève near the UN Office in Geneva. More information www.wimun.org facebook.com/wimungeneva

Paris Peace Forum 2019

On 11-13 November 2019, the Paris Peace Forum will place global governance at the top of the international agenda for the second time with its annual Forum. It is a unique event where stakeholders discuss global governance issues and cooperate on innovative solutions. In 2018, 65 Heads of State and Government as well as 10 leaders from international organizations attended …

Human Rights Day 2019

The United Nations has designated 10 December as Human Rights Day to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a milestone document that proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being -- regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national …

UNA Coventry AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Coventry Branch of the United Nations Association will be held at 18:00 to 20:00 on Thursday 23 January in Coventry Council House. There will be a short formal meeting to hear reports from the Chair and Secretary and to elect Officers for 2020 followed by a talk from Dr. Math Noortmann Executive Director, Academic …

COP26

The UK and Italy are the favourites to jointly host the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) from 9 to 19 November 2020. The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Italy would host preparatory events and a significant ‘youth event’, in recognition of the disproportionate impact that climate change will …

Produced by United Nations Association Coventry branch.

Thank you for subscribing. If you find this newsletter interesting please tell your friends to visit the unacov.uk website and subscribe!

Please follow us on Twitter @UNACoventry, like our Facebook page and follow our LinkedIn page.