House of Commons Declares a Climate Emergency – Video
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 →
Category Archives: Climate Change
Coventry Climate Action Network (CovCAN)
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 →
UNFCCC
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 →
Coventry Climate Action Network Website Created
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 →
Video of UK Climate Change Policy Statement in House of Commons 23 April 2019
Following the visit of Greta Thunberg to the UK Parliament, the Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth, Claire Perry, delivered a statement to the House of Commons on the government’s climate change policy. This was followed by a … Continue reading →
Summary of Coventry Students Desired Actions on Climate Change
This is a 16 minute summary of Coventry student requests to Coventry City Council for action on Climate Change. It was recorded at Climate Emergency Forum held in Coventry Council House on 15 March 2019 organised by United Nations Association … Continue reading →
Climate Change: Turning emergency into opportunity
This transcript of a speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, delivered on 16 April was first published on the UK Government website. Click the arrow to hear a computer-generated reading of the speech. Introduction My … Continue reading →
Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion (XR) is an international movement that uses non-violent civil disobedience to achieve radical change in order to minimise the risk of human extinction and ecological collapse. A large number of activists in the movement have pledged to be … Continue reading →
City Councillors Agree to Meet Striking Students
Following the Climate Emergency Forum held in Coventry Council House on 15 March, the day of the first Global Student Strike for Climate, a number of senior Coventry Councillors have now agreed to meet students on 23 April, during the … Continue reading →
Worldwide Public Consultation on Climate Change
On 6 June 2015, citizens around the world took part in the largest ever public consultation on climate change and energy. WWViews on Climate and Energy implemented 97 debates involving around 10,000 citizens in 76 countries spanning five continents. The … Continue reading →