UK Climate news 2019
CASwiki news articles have a focus on news of community action for sustainability. This article is an offshoot from Climate action UK and is for news and comment in that context.
December[edit | edit source]
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] ...Climate news 2019
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] ...XR and future democracy
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] ...London news
July[edit | edit source]
England region plans world-first for climate change teaching, Jul 30 [19] ...North East England
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] ...Camden
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] ...Wales news
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] ...Wales news
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] ...Yorkshire and the Humber news
News sources[edit | edit source]
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See also[edit | edit source]
- UK Climate news, latest
- UK Climate news 2014 - 2018
- Climate action UK
- Climate action
- Extinction Rebellion
- XR and future democracy
- Legal resources
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