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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Climate Change Board Freedom of Information Request

The following is the response to a Freedom of Information Request from David Ridley, Chair of Coventry Green New Deal Climate Change Board Freedom of Information Request To: David Ridley From: Information Governance Team Postal Address: Coventry City Council PO Box 15 Council House Coventry CV1 5RR www.coventry.gov.uk E-mail: infogov@coventry.gov.uk Phone: 024 7697 5408 05 May 2022 Dear Sir/Madam Environmental …

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Coventry Climate Change Board Terms of Reference

The following information was obtained by a Freedom of Information Request from David Ridley, Chair of Coventry Green New Deal. The Climate Change Board is all about individuals and the organisations they represent making things happen, working collaboratively and utilising resources to lead on the climate change agenda. The Board will be resolute in facing the growing challenges of resource consumption, pollution, loss …

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Ann Patterson Podcast

Ann Patterson is the Coordinator of Coventry Green Party https://coventry.greenparty.org.uk/. Stood as the Green Party Candidate in Whoberley ward 2022. She also works with Fossil free coventry and the COP26 coalition hub In this conversation with Philip Brown she talks about a wide range of green issues including: Green Party and climate change, green politicians, reform of the electoral system, …

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West Midlands Climate Coalition

The West Midlands Climate Coalition campaigns to harmonise the climate action plans of the West Midlands Combined Authority and its constituent parts with those of the IPCC and UN. The United Nation’s Environment Programme and the International Panel on Climate Change make crystal clear the calamitous consequences of uncontrolled global warming above 1.5 degrees. The time window of opportunity for …

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Climate Action Network West Midlands

Climate Action Network West Midlands (CANWM) is a free and open network of groups and individuals. CANWM is not another group: it forms connections between people who share similar aims and values.  Members span actions from personal to political and from local to national, to global. Membership is open to anyone in the region who wants to support the international …

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Local Food Strategy

Producing food locally has a number of potential benefits, including effects on reducing climate change. Locally-based food production can reduce the distance food travels as well as enabling more people to grow their own food. In the short video below the Coordinator of Coventry Green Party, Ann Patterson, talks about the benefits of local food production. Bath & North East …

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Incredible Edible

Incredible Edible's vision is to create kind, confident and connected communities through the power of food. They work to create powerful connections between people through food. They believe in the power of people's own potential to create the future by finding ways to create local solutions to global problems. They believe that when people spend time connecting together and listening to …

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Coventry Sustainable Society Collective

Coventry Sustainable Society Collective consists of grassroots climate activists and organisations, as well as individuals, groups and communities with a stake in shaping the way we address climate change in Coventry,. They are sick of being excluded from decision making by Coventry City Council and have formed a working group to develop aims and objectives for a sustainable society collective, …

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Forthcoming Events

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For a list of events please visit https://covcan.uk/events-list/

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