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 →
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 →
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 →
Article by Felix Nobes published by Coventry Observer on 21 June 2019. Coventry council’s emissions pledge attacked for falling short of ‘climate emergency’ demands COVENTRY council’s pledge to tackle climate change in response to ‘climate emergency’ protests has been attacked … Continue reading →
Climate change is perhaps the greatest threat we face. We can all do simple things to help reduce our carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions and so mitigate their effect on the climate. We give some suggestions below. And you … Continue reading →
Stratford Climate Action is a network of local people, living in and around Stratford-upon-Avon. We work closely – and overlap – with other local groups that are active in trying to increase the social response to the dangers of global … Continue reading →
Come to Stratford Methodist Church on June 22nd, between 10 am and 4 pm for a climate action day. This event has been organised by representatives of the Methodist Eco Congregation, Stratford Friends of the Earth, and the Stratford Quakers, in response to … Continue reading →
There is a petition on the Change.org web-site asking people to sign.
Continue reading →https://covcan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Jim-OBoyle-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadClosing Speech by Councillor Jim O’Boyle, Cabinet Member for Jobs and Regeneration during the Coventry Council Climate Change Debate 18-6-19. You can see a list of the other speeches here.
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