Philip Brown is the Secretary of the United Nations Association Coventry Branch which organises Coventry Climate Action Network.
The Climate Action Network International (CANI) is a worldwide network of over 1100 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in more than 120 countries, working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. CANI members work … Continue reading →
Climate Change Strategy In 2008 Coventry City Council published its Climate Change Strategy which included 9 objectives. It has been successful in delivering at least one of these. But most are of doubtful success. Council Successes The council’s greatest success … Continue reading →
The Committee on Climate Change (the CCC) is an independent, statutory body established by the UK government under the Climate Change Act 2008. Their purpose is to advise the government and devolved administrations on emissions targets and report to parliament … Continue reading →
On 1 May 2019 the House of Commons passed a Labour Party motion declaring a climate emergency. More information is given below the video. The full text of the debate can be found here and here. The motion was as … Continue reading →
In a report published on 2 May, the Committee on Climate Change recommends the UK becomes net-zero greenhouse gases by 2050. A net-zero GHG target for 2050 will deliver on the commitment that the UK made by signing the Paris … Continue reading →
The document “City wide domestic and behavioural change carbon action plan” was produced by the City Council in conjunction with The Energy Saving Trust local authority one-to-one support programme and published in March 2010. It begins Vision We at Coventry … Continue reading →
Eco-Schools is a global programme engaging 19.5 million children across 67 countries, making it the largest educational programme on the planet. For nearly 25 years Eco-Schools has been empowering children to drive change and improve their environmental awareness through the simple Seven-Step framework in order to achieve the international … Continue reading →
Here are some ideas for projects to be run by school students who want to make their peers more aware of active in fighting against climate change. ECOSOC Youth Forum https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/ecosoc-youth-forum The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum is … Continue reading →
Project Management tools help you to plan a project. Normally you would list out the key tasks you need to achieve, assign each task to somebody, set target dates, organised dependencies so you can see which task depend on others … Continue reading →
Engage, educate and empower Scotland’s young people to take action on climate change. We are a youth run and primarily volunteer-led organisation with a team of over 60 volunteers based across Scotland. Our committed Board focuses on the strategic aims … Continue reading →