Addressing Climate Through Food Carbon Budgets Climate justice Climate Justice Now CovCAN Monthly Newsletter Coventry Air Quality Action Plan Coventry Council Consultations Emissions Charge in Coventry Implications of 1.5°C warming for Coventry IPCC special report on global warming of 1.5 … Continue reading →
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet spoke extensively about the effects of climate change during her opening statement to 42nd session of the Human Rights Council held in Geneva on 9 September 2019. Here is the full text … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
The first meeting of Coventry Climate Action Network (CovCAN) was held in Coventry Council House on 7 June 2019. Three Coventry City Councillors attended and made valuable contributions: Kevin Maton, Richard Brown and Rupinder Singh. See here for the minutes … Continue reading →
Commentary on the Coventry Council Climate Change debate of 18-6-19 by Dr Alastair Smith, Tile Hill resident. In response to the international and local Climate Strike of May 2019, individual Coventry Councillors, including the Council Leader[i], stepped back from the … Continue reading →
On 18 June 2019 Coventry City Council spent several hours debating the following motion proposed by Councillor Jim O’Boyle and seconded by Councillor Patricia Hetherton: This Council confirms its commitment to addressing the issue of climate change and recommends the … Continue reading →
On 1 May 2019 the House of Commons passed a Labour Party motion declaring a climate emergency. More information is given on the CovCAN website. … Continue reading →
United Nations Association Coventry Branch has formed Coventry Climate Action Network (CovCAN) to bring together students, citizens, politicians, activists and anyone concerned about climate change to discuss how to encourage others to make changes that will help reduce our greenhouse … Continue reading →
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty whose objective is to “stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. UNFCCC is … Continue reading →
Following the meeting we organised in March which around 40 students who were on Strike for Climate attended, and to which all 54 Coventry City Councillors were invited but only one was able to attend, UNA Coventry organised a meeting … Continue reading →