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Below we list the latest news from our website related to international affairs and issues such as sustainable development.

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You might also like the Coventry Climate Action Network website which we also maintain. Please check it out at https://covcan.uk/

Philip Brown

Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
philip@unacov.uk

Recent News Highlights

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Peace & Climate Pledge Posters

Climate Change is probably the biggest threat not just to our children’s futures but also to World Peace. Each one of us can do our bit to reduce the risk by taking action to reduce our carbon footprints. Coventry Climate Action Network (CovCAN) have produced posters where people can pledge to take action. Pledge Now: what action you will take? …

UNEP says world is on track for 2.7C temperature rise by 2100

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published its Emissions Gap Report 2021 on 26 October 2021 which shows that new national climate pledges combined with other mitigation measures put the world on track for a global temperature rise of 2.7°C by the end of the century. That is well above the goals of the Paris climate agreement and would lead to …

UNFCCC Executive Warns Climate Change Threatens Global Security and Stability

In the days before COP26, Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has warned in an interview with the Observer that, if countries fail to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, global security and stability could break down, with migration crises and food shortages bringing conflict and chaos. She told the newspaper: “We’re really talking about …

Boris Johnson's address at the Youth4Climate

Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered on 30 September 2021. Thank you, thank you very much Mr President, distinguished guests, ladies and gentleman. Great speech Mario and ciao from Londra. I’m very sorry I’m not able to be with you today, but I just want to say to all of you at this gathering: Mario, you and …

Greta Thunberg's Keynote Speech at Youth4Climate Pre-COP26

On September 28, Greta Thunberg took the stage in Milan at Pre-COP26, the Youth4Climate conference, to deliver a powerful keynote address. In her full speech, she calls out global leaders for not doing enough for the climate crisis and resting on words rather than actions, and "blah blah blah." For more about Youth4Climate Pre-COP26 see https://twitter.com/PreCop26ITA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2TJMpiG5XQ

Forthcoming Events

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COP26

United Nations Climate Change and the UK and Italian Governments announced on 1 April that the 26th Conference of Parties due to be held in Glasgow in November (COP26) has been postponed due to COVID-19. It is now scheduled for 1-12 November 2021. Deferring the meeting should not mean deferring climate action, according to a leaked letter signed by Cop26 …

Evidence Week

On 1st November, Sense about Science, are launching Evidence Week in Westminster 2021. They are inviting different communities from across the UK to ask how well-equipped the government and parliament are to understand and use scientific information. Brand new for 2021 is our Ask an MP discussion board, providing you and your colleagues the chance to ask an MP about whether they’re using evidence …

Climate and SDG Forum November 2021

Coventry Climate Action Network, the Sustainable Development Forum and anyone else interested in these issues are invited to attend telemeetings at 7pm on the first Tuesday of every month in 2021 to share experience and plan activities by visiting the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82205125165?pwd=Wng1YldmV2VpL0l2dXBIcElxbDk4UT09 Meeting ID: 822 0512 5165 Passcode: 492479

Climate Change and Women, Peace and Security: Defending the Future

United Nations Association UK will bring together a panel of experts on 10 November in an online event to discuss the gender-climate-security nexus, and how the global community can better integrate agendas in these areas to address risks posed to those most vulnerable. This is both the year of 26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP 26) and also …

University of Warwick Resonate Festival

University of Warwick will be putting on a year-long programme of events from May 2021 to April 2022 as part of City of Culture Programme. The theme in June 2021 will be 'Sanctuary' What does it mean to provide sanctuary? How does it feel to need sanctuary? We highlight the importance of sanctuary as a concept, tell its histories, and …

Green Week 2022

Information about next year’s Coventry & Leamington Spa Green Week will be shared on http://greenweek.coventry.domains/

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