https://covcan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Patricia-Hetherton.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSeconding speech by Councillor Patricia Hetherton, Cabinet Member for City Services during the Coventry Council Climate Change Debate 18-6-19. You can see a list of the other speeches here. Text of her speech It was … Continue reading →
https://covcan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Jim-OBoyle-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOpening 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. Text of the speech … Continue reading →
On 18 June 2019 Coventry City Council spent several hours debating the following motion proposed by Councillor Jim O’Boyle and seconded by Councillor Patricia Hetherton: This Council confirms its commitment to addressing the issue of climate change and recommends the … Continue reading →
Councillors Jim O’Boyle and Patricia Hetherton have tabled the following motion to be debated at the next meeting of Coventry City Council at 14:00 on 18 June: This Council confirms its commitment to addressing the issue of climate change and … Continue reading →
See here for the background to this and a list of emails of Coventry City Councillors. Dear Councillor I understand a motion is due to be put to council on Tuesday 18th June regarding climate change. I implore you to … Continue reading →
Tarmac has become the first company in the UK to develop a new asphalt made from recycled rubber and the first of them in the UK have already been laid in Birmingham Road, Allesley and Montalt Road, Cheylesmore. Environmental Benefits … Continue reading →
This information is extracted from a Friends of the Earth article from March 2019 which lists 33 actions local authorities can take on climate change. Despite cutbacks there is still a lot local authorities can do on climate change Local … Continue reading →
Coventry City Council’s Climate Change Strategy for 2020 was published by Coventry Partnership in 2012. It included 9 objectives. We can find no reports of the results but as far as we can tell it has been successful in delivering … Continue reading →
This is a 16 minute summary of Coventry student requests to Coventry City Council for action on Climate Change. It was recorded at Climate Emergency Forum held in Coventry Council House on 15 March 2019 organised by United Nations Association … Continue reading →
On 23 April, Lincoln University student Kezia Smith travelled from Lincoln to attend the meeting between students who had taken part in the Global Student Strike for Climate and Coventry City Councillors. Her video includes an account of this visit. … Continue reading →
