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Ask your MP to take part in Parliamentary debate ahead of UN climate talks

On Thursday 21 October, the first and only national debate in the run-up to the Glasgow climate talks will be held in the House of Commons. Friends of the Earth's challenge is to get as many MPs there as possible to speak out on our behalf. The more MPs we can persuade to take part, the harder it will be …

Global Cost of Transition to Net Zero by 2050: $4tn per year

New reports by the International Energy Agency and by BloombergNEF in the lead-up to COP26 both estimate that the global cost of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 will be somewhere around $4 trillion per year. This is over 4.7% of global gross domestic product (GDP) is compatible with our estimation of the cost of just replacing fossil fuels with electricity …

Peace & Climate Pledge

Climate Change is probably the biggest threat not just to our children's lives but also to World Peace. Each one of us can do our bit to reduce the risk by taking action to reduce our carbon footprints. Make your pledge online or download a poster below and ask 10 friends to make their pledges. Download the A4 poster Download …

Spanish March to Glasgow Visits Coventry

It is October 2021. A group of nine people are walking from the south coast of England to Glasgow in Scotland to highlight all that will be at stake in the November global climate conference of world leaders, COP26. On their arrival in Coventry on 9 October they are greeted by a band from XR and people from Coventry Green …

How Global Warming Affects Plants

Global climate change is expected to have huge effects on countless aspects of life on Earth over the next few decades. Scientists have enumerated a daunting list of predicted consequences: extreme weather, desertification, heatwaves and wildfire, endangerment and extinction of numerous species, and more. Given how all-encompassing the issue is, it’s hard to imagine how deeply the Earth’s changing climate …

Climate Action Tracker

The Climate Action Tracker is an independent scientific analysis that tracks government climate action and measures it against the globally agreed Paris Agreement aim of "holding warming well below 2°C, and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C." A collaboration of two organisations, Climate Analytics and New Climate Institute, the CAT has been providing this independent analysis to policymakers since …

Cost of Replacing all Fossil Fuels with Clean Electricity by 2050

Summary In order to replace all fossil fuels with clean electricity, we calculate the world needs to spend about $105 trillion. This is more than the world's total Gross Domestic Product, which was about $85 trillion in 2018. If this is to be achieved by 2050, the world needs to spend about £9 billion per day from now until 2050. …

Our Future Moves - Virtual Exhibition

This online site describes interactive and ambitious exhibition at Coventry Transport Museum which tells the stories of the objects on display by envisioning how future cities may look and exploring how pioneering developments in transport and technology could affect the environment and the way we live. A range of partners from across the region have come together to create Our …

Coventry Council's Page on COP26

This page briefly describes COP26, explains why it is important and lists some related events.

Forthcoming Events

WMG Sustainable Production Innovation Network (SPIN) Event

Warwick University's Manufacturing Group will host their next Sustainable Production Innovation Network (SPIN) event on October 19. This interactive online event will look at design for sustainability. Industrial guest speakers will present case studies and interactive break-out sessions that will give you the opportunity to explore the topic with like-minded businesses. You will leave the event with a greater understanding …

UNA-UK Conference: Breakdown or Breakthrough

Join United Nations Association UK (UNA-UK) at pivotal moment for humanity, to explore how we can breakthrough to a better, more sustainable future for the planet. About this event This climate-focused conference will include keynote speech; examples of UNA Group advocacy; and an engaging workshop about practical ways we can all contribute towards climate action. Keynote speaker: Rachel Bowen Pittman, …