Warwickshire County Council has important lessons for local governments such as Coventry City Council on how to work together with their citizens on tackling the climate emergency and working towards net zero. The have declared a climate emergency and created … Continue reading →
The following is published on Coventry City Council’s website. Coventry City Council’s carbon footprint The carbon footprint measures carbon emissions that are under the Council’s direct control. These include carbon emissions from Council buildings, fleet vehicles, business travel, street lighting … Continue reading →
The following summary of some of the actions already taken by the city comes from a presentation by Mr Colin Knight, Director of Transportation and Highways although his responsibilities and knowledge extend wider than this title would suggest. See also … Continue reading →
In 2007 a report by the Stockholm Environment Institute estimated that our total consumption and spending on food, travel, lighting and gifts over three days of festivities could result in as much as 650 kg of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) … Continue reading →
The National Lottery has opened the first round of bids for part of a Climate Action Fund amounting to £100 million over 10 years. Initial ideas must be submitted by 5pm Wednesday 18 December 2019. Full proposals must be submitted … Continue reading →
The average man, woman and child living in the United Kingdom directly or indirectly generates about 22 kilograms of greenhouse gases per day. This is equivalent to the weight of the average 7 year old child [1]. This can be … Continue reading →
Earth Overshoot Day is the day in the year when we have used more of Earth’s resources than the Earth can regenerate in the whole year. It occurs earlier and earlier every year mainly because of our growing CO2 emissions. … Continue reading →
The activities of School Energy Efficiency (SEE) fall into three broad areas: Education, Consultancy and Introduction. Education SEE develops bespoke workshops with schools to enable students to explore energy and interrelated sustainability concepts. They help students to have a positive … Continue reading →
Food systems contribute 19%–29% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions according to a report by Sonja Vermeulen and others in 2012, although there is huge inherent uncertainty in these estimates. The major impacts come from farming/agriculture and land-use change … Continue reading →
Reasons for Consumer Resistance Persuading people to switch from “conventional” to electric vehicles (EVs) is crucial for the global effort to reduce emissions. Most modelling assumes this. Many politicians are calling for it. And even car manufacturers are now increasingly … Continue reading →