The current Coventry Climate Action Network (CovCAN) was created in 2016 by UNA Coventry in response to the demands of students who were taking part in the Student Strike for Climate for a central group to coordinate the activities of … Continue reading →
The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 closed with a breakthrough agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate-related disasters. It also emphasized the need to strengthen systematic observations and to achieve universal coverage of early … Continue reading →
During the RISING Global Peace Forum in November 2022, former BBC energy and environment analyst Roger Harrabin delivered Coventry Peace Lecture in Coventry Cathedral on the subject “Can technology curb climate change?” The event was organised by Coventry Lord Mayor’s … Continue reading →
October 2022 saw the publication of a shocking catalogue of bad news for the prospects of reducing climate change and its consequences. These reports come just before the UN Climate Change Conference COP 27 which will take place in Sharm … Continue reading →
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published its bi-annual report “Climate Change and Nuclear Power” with the sub-title “Securing Clean Energy for Climate Resilience”. As we head towards the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt … Continue reading →
Climate attribution scientist at the Met Office, Dr Nikos Christidis, has told the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared that “In a recent study we found that the likelihood of extremely hot days in the UK has been increasing and … Continue reading →
UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid told a special meeting to address the global food crisis that scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising hunger and malnutrition. “Frankly, we were already falling … Continue reading →
The UN Secretary General writes “We are on a fast track to climate disaster. Major cities under water. Unprecedented heatwaves. Terrifying storms. Widespread water shortages. The extinction of a million species of plants and animals. This is not fiction or … Continue reading →
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty whose objective is to combat “dangerous human interference with the climate system”, in part by stabilizing “greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would … Continue reading →
On 24 May 2022, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered the commencement address at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, one of the oldest and most prestigious Catholic universities in the United States, close to New York City. He told graduates that … Continue reading →