Philip Brown is the Secretary of the United Nations Association Coventry Branch which organises Coventry Climate Action Network.
Coventry City Council has joined with the FSB to provide small businesses with this information evening around the proposed Clean Air Zone The event will take place at 16:45 – 18:30 on Thu, 27 June 2019 in Diamond Room 2 … Continue reading →
What have the two contenders for the leadership of the Conservative Party, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, said about climate change? Boris Johnson In an article written in the Daily Telegraph in 2013, Johnson showed that he, like his friend … Continue reading →
The Places to Ride programme has up to £15 million from UK Government to fund the development of new or the improvement of existing cycling facilities in communities across England. The scheme is open until 15 January 2021 and will … Continue reading →
Consumers are facing an increase from 5% to 20% VAT on the cost of installing their own low-carbon energy and storage. Increasing costs for the solutions to climate change we can use today. Meanwhile, domestic coal, the highly carbon intensive … Continue reading →
Canada to ban harmful single-use plastics and hold companies responsible for plastic waste Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on 10 June that the Government of Canada is taking additional steps to reduce Canada’s plastic waste, support innovation, and promote … Continue reading →
In February the Environmental Audit Committee published Fixing Fashion Report: Clothing Consumption and Sustainability which called on the Government to end the era of throwaway fashion through wide-ranging recommendations covering environmental and labour market practices. All their recommendations have now … Continue reading →
Commentary on the Coventry Council Climate Change debate of 18-6-19 by Dr Alastair Smith, Tile Hill resident. In response to the international and local Climate Strike of May 2019, individual Coventry Councillors, including the Council Leader[i], stepped back from the … Continue reading →
India is currently experiencing an extreme heatwave. Most of the northern and central regions of the country have been suffering intense heat for more than 30 days, with temperatures in the capital New Delhi at times approaching 50C. Many countries … Continue reading →
The following is based on articles on the Politico website and in the CarbonBrief weekly newsletter. Europe’s leaders met in Brussels on 20 June to discuss, among other things, whether to follow the UK’s recent move and collectively adopt a … Continue reading →
This comment by Tony McNally refers to the climate change debate by Coventry City Council. The climate emergency was not about 2050 targets rather the imperative to contain emissions by 2030 to avert tipping over the 1.5 degrees. Which requires … Continue reading →