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 →
India is currently experiencing an extreme heatwave. Most of the northern and central regions of the country have been suffering intense heat for more than 30 days, with temperatures in the capital New Delhi at times approaching 50C. Many countries … Continue reading →
The following is based on articles on the Politico website and in the CarbonBrief weekly newsletter. Europe’s leaders met in Brussels on 20 June to discuss, among other things, whether to follow the UK’s recent move and collectively adopt a … Continue reading →
This comment by Tony McNally refers to the climate change debate by Coventry City Council. The climate emergency was not about 2050 targets rather the imperative to contain emissions by 2030 to avert tipping over the 1.5 degrees. Which requires … Continue reading →
Article by Felix Nobes published by Coventry Observer on 21 June 2019. Coventry council’s emissions pledge attacked for falling short of ‘climate emergency’ demands COVENTRY council’s pledge to tackle climate change in response to ‘climate emergency’ protests has been attacked … Continue reading →
Coventry City Council, Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership, and Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick, were awarded £80 million by the UK government to establish UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), a new national facility for battery manufacturing … Continue reading →
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is a British multinational automotive company with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry. It is a subsidiary of Indian automotive company Tata Motors. The annual turnover of the company was over £24 billion in 2018/19 and they … Continue reading →
Climate change is perhaps the greatest threat we face. We can all do simple things to help reduce our carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions and so mitigate their effect on the climate. We give some suggestions below. And you … Continue reading →
Technological advancements have provided us with clean and renewable ways to reduce our dependence on fossils fuel. Solar power is one of them along with other familiar types like hydropower, wind, and geothermal sources. Solar panels are at the heart … Continue reading →
Stratford Climate Action is a network of local people, living in and around Stratford-upon-Avon. We work closely – and overlap – with other local groups that are active in trying to increase the social response to the dangers of global … Continue reading →