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#MOSI on down; #Manchester and #climate “reckless disregard for our future for short-term gain” #mcc #acretinfuture
For those of you not lucky enough to buy the Manchester Evening News every day; there’s been a campaign by them about a possible threat to close the Museum of Science and Industry. Is it pre-next-round-of-cuts brinkmanship? Is it an … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, Aviation, Climate Change Action Plan, Manchester Airport, Manchester City Council
Tagged Brian Cox, MOSI
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Envirolution asks “What is a ‘Low Carbon Community’?”
from Envirolution UK At the Envirolution Festival 2013 we want to contribute to Manchester’s Climate Change Action Plan – Manchester A Certain Future. One of the headline targets of M:ACF in 2009 when it was created was “to engage all … Continue reading
It’s what they DON’T say that matters #94. Missing #Manchester #climate goal on #MCC website.
The Manchester Climate Change Action Plan (also known as “A Cre.. Certain Future”) has two headline goals. The first is to reduce carbon emissions by 41% by 2020. This was what the science was saying we needed to do back … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change Action Plan, Manchester City Council
Tagged Low carbon culture
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That “Stakeholder” “Conference” – a third account #Manchester #climate #macf2013
Roger Griffiths, a long-time MCFly reader and contributor, attended the recent “Stakeholder” “Conference.” In the third – and probably final – attendee account to be published on MCFly, he makes some very astute points. Read on! Dear Marc, Sorry to … Continue reading
That “Stakeholder” “Conference” – another attendee’s report #Manchester #climate #acertainfuture
MCFly reporter Laurence Menhinick attended the recent “conference”, and has this to say. See here for the first account we published) Here is a quick roundup using the new five themes from the NESS1 themes: Some changes: First, it was … Continue reading
That “Stakeholder” “Conference” – first report #manchester #climate #acertainfuture #acretinfuture
There was a casual air about the event. Steve Connor said we were looking at ‘How to deliver the Plan’, but no one did, really. It was more a question – yes, you’ve guessed – of rallying speeches and over-burdened … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change Action Plan, Manchester City Council
Tagged David Mottram, Steering Group
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#Manchester City Council – bad news and good news on #climate #environment #NigelMurphy #crc
We asked for a statement from the Council on the fact that the post of Director of Environmental Strategy is being abolished. We were particularly interested, we said, in what effect that would have on climate action in Manchester. Here … Continue reading
Steering Group strikes again: “Stakeholder” “Conference” #epicfailing #Manchester #climate #farce #acertainfuture
Attention Conservation Notice: MCFly editors Marc Hudson and Arwa Aburawa have been banned – without any explanation – from attending a three and a half hour meeting that pretends to be a stakeholder conference. Someone has forwarded the latest email … Continue reading
New (draft) video on #Manchester #climate “history” – please critique
The MCFly co-editors have been invited to run a workshop at an academic talk-fest, on the subject of Manchester’s climate efforts. We said “yes if we can also run a session on the (potential and actual) role academics play in … Continue reading
EMERGENCY ACTION: Please protect #climate #democracy in #Manchester today. (Elections cancelled, questions unanswered.)
If you want climate change action in Manchester to become even more undemocratic, even more ineffectual, simply stop reading now and move on. If you want the people of Manchester to have the transparent and democratic institutions they deserve and … Continue reading
