UK Climate news/2019

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New climate emergency network launched to link schools across B&NES, Dec 23^[1]

City Council responds to Oxford Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change and outlines £19m climate emergency budget, Dec 16^[2]

November[edit | edit source]

Green new deal for Nottingham wins top Guardian award, Nov 27^[3] Nottingham city council announced in January that it intended to become the UK's first carbon-neutral city by 2028.

Opposition leaders call on Johnson to join in TV climate debate, Nov 19^[4]

Majority of UK public back 2030 zero-carbon target – poll, Nov 7^[5]

Climate change: Thousands invited to join citizens' assembly, Nov 2^[6]

Parliamentary Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change – A first step, but a devastating missed opportunity, Extinction Rebellion, Nov 2^[7]

October[edit | edit source]

Sleepy Cambridgeshire village invites Swedish climate experts to help tackle climate emergency, Oct 30^[8]

Britain now G7's biggest net importer of CO2 emissions per capita, says ONS, Oct 21^[9]

To fight climate change, science must be mobilised like it was in World War II, Oct 21^[10]

What does Greta Thunberg's call for equity mean? Oct 3^[11]

September[edit | edit source]

Tyndall Carbon Targeter helps Local Authorities respond to their Climate Emergency, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Sep 23^[12]

If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them, Greta Thunberg, Sep 23^[13]

For the sake of life on Earth, we must put a limit on wealth, George Monbiot, Sep 19^[14]

Faster pace of climate change is 'scary', former chief scientist says, Sep 16^[15]

A/UK has been working with Extinction Rebellion to develop a Future Democracy Hub, now launching, Sep 7^[16]

August[edit | edit source]

Ditch cars to meet climate change targets, say MPs, Aug 22^[17]

Uni bans burgers: No more beef to be sold on campus as students combat global warming, Aug 13^[18]

July[edit | edit source]

England region plans world-first for climate change teaching, Jul 30^[19]

Climate more pressing than Brexit, say 71% of Britons, Jul 26^[20]

First climate assembly in UK draws up wishlist for council action, Jul 20^[21]

Corbyn calls for UK to stop passing the buck on climate change to poorer countries, Jul 14^[22]

Enough of the climate nightmare. It's time to paint the dream, Ed Miliband, Jul 4^[23]

June[edit | edit source]

Cambridgeshire organisation launches radical response to climate emergency, Jun 13^[24]

Theresa May commits to net zero UK carbon emissions by 2050, Jun 11^[25]

May[edit | edit source]

Much shorter working weeks needed to tackle climate crisis, May 22^[26]

'This is a wake-up call': the villagers who could be Britain's first climate refugees, May 18^[27]

Thousands of parents take to the streets to demand action on climate change, May 13^[28]

UK Parliament Declares Environment and Climate Emergency, Claire Mitchell, May 1^[29]

April[edit | edit source]

Thousands block roads in Extinction Rebellion protests across London news, Apr 15^[30]

March[edit | edit source]

Ending climate change requires the end of capitalism. Have we got the stomach for it? Phil McDuff, Mar 18^[31]

UK's CO2 emissions fell for record sixth consecutive year in 2018, Mar 4^[32]

February[edit | edit source]

A report from the #SchoolStrike, AlterNatives - personal stories of making change, Feb 17^[33]

Climate strike: UK school pupils take part in call for urgent action, Feb 15^[34]

UK pupils to join global strike over climate change crisis, Feb 8^[35]

January[edit | edit source]

Machynlleth declares 'climate emergency', Jan 24^[36]

Britain has shifted 30% of its electricity away from fossil fuels in just nine years, Jan 10^[37]

Scarborough Council declares Climate Emergency in first major step to combat global warming, Jan 8^[38]

News sources[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

[1] @BathEcho

[2] xford.gov.uk

[3] theguardian.com

[4] The Guardian

[5] The Guardian

[6] BBC News

[7] rebellion.earth

[8] rgency.org

[9] The Guardian

[10] theconversation.com

[11] techangenews.com

[12] tyndall.ac.uk

[13] The Guardian

[14] The Guardian

[15] BBC News

[16] The Alternative UK

[17] BBC News

[18] tro.news

[19] theguardian.com

[20] The Guardian

[21] The Guardian

[22] ur.org.uk

[23] The Guardian

[24] rgency.org

[25] The Guardian

[26] The Guardian

[27] The Guardian

[28] @MetroUK

[29] @sluggerotoole

[30] The Guardian

[31] The Guardian

[32] rbonbrief.org

[33] The Alternative UK

[34] The Guardian

[35] The Guardian

[36] BBC News

[37] @ConversationUK

[38] The Scarborough News

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Created	March 10, 2021 by Phil Green
Modified	March 9, 2023 by Phil Green
Cite as	Phil Green (2021–2023). "UK Climate news/2019". Appropedia. Retrieved March 21, 2023.