COP26 has inspired the production of a report from World Resources Institute entitled “State of Climate Action 2021” which says that to keep the window open to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C, transformations must occur … Continue reading →
At COP26 in Glasgow, more than 40 countries launched the Breakthrough Agenda – a commitment to work together internationally this decade to accelerate the development and deployment of the clean technologies and sustainable solutions needed to meet the Paris Agreement … Continue reading →
The Global Energy Alliance aims to bring together stakeholders that would otherwise remain fragmented, and enable transformational programs to flourish. At COP26, The Global Energy Alliance for People & Planet announced a Call for Transformational Country Partnerships, which will offer … Continue reading →
The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) was launched in April 2021 by Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and UK Prime Minister Johnson’s Finance Adviser for COP26, and the COP26 Private Finance Hub in … Continue reading →
The UK government spent around £44.6 billion on defence in 2020-21 [1] and this will increase by about 10% and 15% in the coming years [2]. In the 2021 budget [3] the government pledged £15 billion for 2021-22 as part … Continue reading →
The Renewables in Cities 2021 Global Status Report shows that more than 1 billion people – about 25% of the urban population – live in a city with a renewable energy target and/or policy. But the citizens of Coventry are … Continue reading →
As part of Coventry City Council’s commitment to plant 360,000 new trees in the city in the next 10 years – that’s one for every citizen – they are inviting local people to take part in making it happen. Almost … Continue reading →
Coventry Councillor for Jobs, Regeneration and Climate Change, Jim O’Boyle explains the ways in which the council is building towards a greener, more sustainable future for Coventry.
Continue reading →This group of activists is planning to support the international protests happening around the COP26 talks taking place in Glasgow in November. They believe that the politicians have completely failed to meet even their own inadequate targets on reduction of … Continue reading →