Climate Crisis

Stories about Climate Crisis

Culture for climate microphone

FRIDAY 16 JUNE 2023

Culture for Climate open mic summer edition

An evening of climate-themed poetry, music and readings as part of Big Green Week.

CLIMATE ACTION HUB EXETER

Peninsula Transport publishes South West decarbonisation strategy

Peninsula Transport has published a South West transport decarbonisation strategy which hopes to reduce the 4.4 million tCO2e of greenhouse gas emissions the region’s transport currently generates each year.

Draft Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly climate strategy consultation under way

A public consultation on a draft Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly climate adaptation strategy which will attempt to minimise the impact of climate change on the South West peninsula is under way until 30 June.

South West Water fined £2.15 million for environmental offences

South West Water has been fined £2.15 million and ordered to pay £280,000 costs after pleading guilty to thirteen environmental offences committed between July 2016 and August 2020 across Devon and Cornwall, the largest fine imposed for such offences in the region.

The Great Imagining bug

SATURDAY 22 & SUNDAY 23 APRIL 2023

The Great Imagining

A weekend of science, craft, poetry and film to coincide with Earth Day 2023.

CLIMATE ACTION HUB EXETER

St Sidwell's Point cafe

City council sustainable food policy is a climate crisis red herring

Proposed changes don’t apply to council meetings or most council food provision and are expected to have unquantifiably small impact while diverting resources from major decarbonisation challenges.

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