Articles added to the CovCAN website this week are listed below.

For a list of forthcoming events please see covcan.uk/events-list

If you have news about climate change in the Coventry area, please write to 

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News

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Petition to Improve Climate Change Education

UK Student Climate Network are running a climate education campaign called Teach the Future. They have launched a petition asking the government to improve education on climate change and are appealing to people to sign it. Note that the petition is not on the UK Parliament Petitions website. Nor does it have the sort of wording that a normal petition …

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Was the Earth cooling or warming before the Industrial Revolution?

The last glacial period ended about 11,500 years ago and in the following 5000 years the Earth's climate warmed up. Geologists have long believed that it then began cooling again and has been getting colder for the past 6000 years. This eventually led to a little ice age during medieval times from about 1300 to 1850 CE which only ended, …

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French government convicted for failure to address climate crisis

After a petition was signed by 2.3 million people, four French environmental groups took the government to court and on 3 February it was found guilty of non-respect of its engagements aimed at combating global warming. More information The Guardian Vox France24 CBS News

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Forthcoming Events

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Sustainable Development Goals - An Opportunity for Business

Sustainable Development Goals - An Opportunity for Business

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out the UN agenda for people, planet and prosperity and sustainable society for all by 2030. The Coventry & Warwickshire Green Business Programme together with The University of Warwick and Coventry University are jointly hosting a series of webinars that will examine the critical role of businesses in our region on how they can …

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