There have been several local news stories over the last couple of days – which show the challenge of looking to a positive, low-carbon future: Exeter road changes will increase travel times – Radio Exe Drivers at risk from overgrown verges – Radio Exe Campaign to save train station ticket office heats up – Radio… Read More »Reaching out on climate issues: bold and practical ways forward
James Dyke, associate professor in earth system science at Exeter University, has been to Sidmouth several times over the years to talk about climate change. Here he is writing in the weekend i-newspaper: Is the extreme weather in Europe because of climate change? Yes, and here’s the evidence Our route to safety is stopping burning… Read More »The impact of extreme weather: the impact of climate change
Climate Awareness Partnership Sidmouth – Carbon Calculator – Sidmouth Town Council Sidmouth Town Council is actively involved in trying to help Sidmouth residents understand – and hopefully then reduce – energy costs. This was the council’s first project from last year – which is still very much available: Sidmouth Town Council is offering residents the… Read More »Town Council invites us to try out a Carbon Calculator
A posting yesterday suggested that we need to be protecting our current stock of trees as much as planting new ones – if we’re serious about offsetting our carbon emissions: Should we be planting thousands of trees? – Vision Group for Sidmouth Or as said a couple of years ago, it’s “not just planting new… Read More »To offset or not to offset?
The CAPS social media pages regularly feature pieces from the Climate Action website – a very handy place to go for the latest news on serious, high-level action being taken on climate change: Our goal is to catalyse innovation and facilitate collaboration to accelerate the transition to a global green economy – to help achieve… Read More »News stories from climateaction.org
There’s a lot that isn’t right about ‘green energy’: What do we do with old wind-turbine blades? – Vision Group for Sidmouth There are alternatives, though: Wind power: the future – Vision Group for Sidmouth Besides, we need to be realistic: “It’s more realistic, say experts, to accept that we will never have a source of energy… Read More »“Unless people change their behaviors, we won’t hit 2050 net zero emissions targets.”
There was big news this week on the climate: Our overheating world is likely to break a key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict. Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time – BBC News Global warming likely to exceed 1.5C within five years, says weather… Read More »What exceeding 1.5c could mean
Groups are being asked to give some feedback to the local ‘climate adaptation strategy’. Should Sidmouth be doing so? “The Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (DCIoS) Climate Adaptation Strategy will help communities and organisations across the Southwest better understand the risks their area might face in the future, as climate change increasingly affects the… Read More »Helping to shape a climate-resilient Devon
It’s a fact of modern life that we live in a throwaway society, so much of what we buy is designed to be disposed of immediately after use. From the moment they’re born many babies are put into disposable nappies, and according to the book The Human Footprint before they’re toilet trained each child on… Read More »How to dispose of disposables?
Why do we need to be chasing the extremely expensive and as yet unproven ‘new technologies’ of CCS The promises of Carbon Capture & Storage – Vision Group for Sidmouth … when we already have a whole array of current technologies which would do the trick? “The good news is that we have almost all… Read More »No miracles needed: making use of our current technologies