The following article was first published by Coventry United Nations Association in November 2024. What is the COP? The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). All … Continue reading →
Joseph Banks, a journalist working for Coventry University’s CovFeed asked Coventry Climate Action Network three questions about COP29: Do you think that what was agreed upon in the end was enough? Do you believe that COP talks are still fit … Continue reading →
This article was originally published on United Nations Association Coventry’s website. With recorded global temperatures hitting record highs and extreme weather events affecting people around the globe, the Conference of the Parties COP29 held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024 … Continue reading →
The petition says: Run a public information campaign on the climate crisis Communicate clearly: 1) the science behind the climate crisis – how & why for the first time in the last year we’ve averaged 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels … Continue reading →
CovCAN member and Coventry Green Party Coordinator, Anne Patterson, is asking other CovCAN members to support Power for People’s campaign to obtain cross-party support for an amendment to the Great British Energy Bill by including community energy. She asks you … Continue reading →
Following the success of the tree giveaway scheme in the last two years, the West Midlands Combined Authority Environment Team in partnership with the Woodland Trust has tree saplings to give away at community events and to community groups between … Continue reading →
Greenpower Park is an area near Coventry Airport aimed at being a centre of excellence for battery technology and manufacturing. It already houses the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) and aims to house a West Midlands battery Gigafactory if funding … Continue reading →
On 23 September 2024, Swedish lithium-ion battery manufacturer Northvolt announced that it would make 1600 of its 6500 employees redundant “to match the needs of a reduced scale of operations” to meet “a challenging macroeconomic climate”. See CNBC among others … Continue reading →
This video produced by the Financial Times in 2022 explores carbon capture and storage which has become a key part of decarbonisation plans the world over. Supporters argue that we need a way to remove CO2 already in the atmosphere … Continue reading →
Lithium and lithium-ion batteries currently power devices including smartphones and electric cars and is currently the basis of storing solar and wind energy. The popularity of these batteries is due to their high energy density and efficiency and they are … Continue reading →