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Coventry Councillor Jim O’Boyle, who is responsible among other things for Climate Change, has repeatedly claimed that Coventry has already declared a climate emergency.
To establish whether this claim is justified, Coventry Climate Action Network organiser, Philip Brown, explores the following questions:

• What does it mean to Declare a Climate Emergency?
• Has Coventry ever declared one?
• If it has, where is Coventry’s Climate Action Plan to deal with the emergency?

Philip concludes that Coventry has never declared a climate emergency and he then examines the following questions:

• Why hasn’t Coventry declared one?
• Does it matter?
• Is the city ever likely to declare one?
• What can be done about this situation?