The following is a transcription of an episode from the BBC programme The Inquiry which can be heard and downloaded from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csyth0 About the broadcast A year ago more than a quarter of a million people took to the streets … Continue reading →
Because of increasing prices for recycling, Coventry City Council is planning to build new recycling facility in the city, according to a report in Coventry Telegraph. The facility, which will be built on Coventry on the former allotment land to … Continue reading →
The aims of Very Light Rail (VLR) are to: Reduce Coventry transport carbon emissions which currently amount to about 1/3 of the city’s total greenhouse gas emissions; Improve air quality by reducing the number of fossil-fuel vehicles on the roads; … Continue reading →
Zimbabwe has many problems: corruption, political and economic isolation, years of government mismanagement. But not least among them is the impact of climate change leading to acute drought, for which Zimbabwe cannot be blamed since its emissions of greenhouse gases … Continue reading →
A United Nations Environment Programme Report [1] published on 26 November 2019 says that, even if all current unconditional commitments under the Paris Agreement are implemented, the world is nevertheless heading for a 3.2°C temperature rise. The Intergovernmental Panel on … Continue reading →
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Statement on the state of the global climate in 2018 was published on 25 November 2019. The following are the highlights of the report, originally published here. The full report is available here. 2018 is … Continue reading →
If we are going to reduce carbon emissions, the average person needs to make dramatic changes in their behaviour. How can we persuade people to change? This podcast in the BBC Radio Analysis programme examines how people change their minds. … Continue reading →
Bristol is widely recognised as a leading energy city in the UK. It is looking to attract up to £1 billion investment in Bristol’s energy infrastructure over the next decade. Bristol City Leap, a project co-led by Bristol City Council … Continue reading →
The following summary of some of the actions already taken by the city comes from a presentation by Mr Colin Knight, Director of Transportation and Highways although his responsibilities and knowledge extend wider than this title would suggest. See also … Continue reading →
In 2007 a report by the Stockholm Environment Institute estimated that our total consumption and spending on food, travel, lighting and gifts over three days of festivities could result in as much as 650 kg of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) … Continue reading →