Paul Allen made sure to attend some of the many civil society events happening in Glasgow outside the official COP26 arena. In particular, the People’s Summit, organised by the COP26 Coalition, brought the climate justice movement together to discuss, learn from one another, and push for systemic change. He shares his experiences here. (more…)
Category: Climate Change
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Week one at COP26
As we enter the second week of COP26 negotiations, Paul Allen looks back on the first week of pledges, announcements and civil society responses, and looks ahead at what needs to happen now.
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Join the climate justice movement at COP26
As world leaders gather in Glasgow for COP26, civil society is coming together to demand that climate justice is at the heart of decision-making, and that we work together on transformational change.
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Education for Environmental Sustainability – new manifesto launched
A series of nine online workshops across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have shaped a new ‘Manifesto for Education for Environmental Sustainability’, released this week. CAT’s Amanda Smith ran a series of workshops on barriers and solutions, sharing voices and views of young people, teachers and researchers. (more…)
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CAT at COP: Activities and events
As our team from CAT arrive in Glasgow for the start of COP26, here are some of the activities and events we’re involved with over the next two weeks.
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COP26 – time to act
With the COP26 UN climate summit just hours away, Paul Allen explores the history and background of international climate negotiations and looks at what needs to happen now.
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Carbon-cutting Cascades
A new selection of train-the-trainer courses from CAT combines our solutions-focused approach with Carbon Literacy accreditation to help embed evidence-based action planning across a range of sectors. Amanda Smith reports.
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Shropshire’s countdown to zero
CAT works with a number of county-level community groups to help build action on the climate and biodiversity emergency, including the Shropshire Climate Action Partnership. Kevin Oubridge gives us an overview of the group’s impressive achievements and ambitious plans.
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Great Big Green Week
From 18 to 26 September, communities across the UK will join together for ‘Great Big Green Week’.
This will be the UK’s biggest ever event for climate and nature to help build momentum for COP26.
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Zero Carbon Britain Local Climate Action conference
On 30 September CAT is co-organising a free online conference, ‘From Inspiration to Practice: Delivering Net Zero through Local Government’, showcasing the most ambitious and transformative zero carbon local authority led projects from across the UK and Europe.