Christmas 2019 message from the Chair 17 December 2019
Originally posted as: https://readingcan.org.uk/christmas-2019-message-from-the-chair Dear All, The close of 2019 is rapidly approaching. It has been a huge year for us, as now a growing Reading Climate Action Network. A …
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Reading’s first Climate Change Adaptation Plan event (22 Oct) 18 November 2019
Write-up of our Town Hall event from 22nd Oct, in which we introduced the First Reading Climate Change Adaption Plan. #rdguk #adaptation #climatechange #Reading2050 #UKCP18
Reading Climate Strike – Sept 2019 20 September 2019
Originally posted as: https://readingcan.org.uk/reading-climate-strike-sept-2019 Well I needed a bit of a pick-me-up – joining the Reading Schools Climate Strike today certainly gave me that! There was a big crowd outside …
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Things you can do about climate change – Interview with Chris Beales (RCCP Chair) 28 June 2019
Originally posted as: https://readingcan.org.uk/things-you-can-do-about-climate-change-interview-with-chris-beales-rccp-chair This is the third in the series of interviews with Ayo Sokale, in which Ayo asks me ‘…what things you can do about climate change’. I hope …
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What is the RCCP? – Interview with Chris Beales (RCCP Chair)
Originally posted as: https://readingcan.org.uk/what-is-the-rccp-interview-with-chris-beales-rccp-chair In this second interview with Ayo Sokale, I talk about the Reading Climate Change Partnership (RCCP): who we are, and how we are trying to Get Reading …
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About the new strategy consultation – Interview with Chris Beales (RCCP Chair) 11 June 2019
Originally posted as: https://readingcan.org.uk/strategy-consultation-interview It was my great pleasure to be interviewed by Ayo Sokale – one of Caversham’s new Councillors. This is the first in a series of five …
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RCCP Chair – 1 year on 5 April 2019
Originally posted as: https://readingcan.org.uk/rccp-chair-1-year-on It’s Spring again, and I can’t believe I’m half-way through my term as chair of the RCCP. The board met this morning, which was great. There …
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Climate Emergency for Reading (update) 8 February 2019
Originally posted as: https://readingcan.org.uk/climate-emergency-for-reading Brilliant news! Reading Borough Council unanimously voted to declare a Climate Emergency for Reading on Tuesday 26 February 2019. See the broadcast of the Council meeting here: link …
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Reading Schools Climate Change Summit 2018 10 December 2018
Originally posted as: https://readingcan.org.uk/reading-schools-climate-change-summit-2018 The annual UN Climate Conference, COP24 is taking place in Katowice, Poland. It started on the 2nd Dec and will finish on the 14th Dec. 190 countries are meeting …
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IPCC Special Report 15 – Global warming of 1.5degC 16 October 2018
Prompted by calls from the Paris climate summit, the IPCC commissioned this report to look at the challenge of limiting climate change to 1.5 degC compared with 2 degC. The consequences for the world of just that half-a-degree difference are stark. And it is a real call to arms for the global race to zero carbon emissions.