Monthly Archives: November 2013

#Manchester Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy: A CURE for all our ills?

On Monday 18th November the University of Manchester’s Centre for Urban Regional Ecology becomes the Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy. There’s a launch event and all… Ahead of that, we’ve put some questions to its co-director Joe Ravetz… 1) … Continue reading

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#Trafford – Highways Agency admits motorway pollution 50% above regulations

Press Release – Members of Trafford’s Breathe Clean Air Group attended a public consultation on the future of the M60 motorway between junctions 8 at Sale and 20 at Rochdale, held at a local Leisure Centre on Friday 8th November. … Continue reading

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Upcoming Forum: “Is #Manchester a Sustainable Food City?” Mon 25th Nov

Food Futures Forum 25th November 2013 9.30am – 12.30pm Mechanics Institute Princess Street, Manchester M1 6DD Is Manchester a Sustainable Food City? Dear all, Everyone is welcome to attend the next Food Futures Forum. The Forum is an opportunity to … Continue reading

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Polar Bear Facepalm: Warsaw talks attended by office juniors

From the Grauniad.

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Event Report: “Fossil Free Europe” in Birmingham #climate @350

MCFly writer Claire Woolley reports on the “Fossil Fre”e European Tour event at the University of Birmingham 31st October 2013. This autumn, the Fossil Free campaign travelled to Berlin, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Birmingham and London to inform and inspire anyone concerned … Continue reading

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Fracking Camp at Barton Moss. #Manchester #Eccles. Public meeting. Thurs 21st Nov

This just landed in our email box. “The fight against fracking in Greater Manchester is an important battle in the war against CO2 emitting fossil fuels and it is hotting up. A camp has been established near the site where … Continue reading

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Attention #Manchester Climate Steering Group – watch Kevin Anderson video on #whatistobedone

Hope tonight’s meeting goes well.  Pity members of the public are excluded! #transparencyfail Here is Professor Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre on the subject of what can be done in Manchester in the next 18 months to 4 years.

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Upcoming Event: Hackday in #Manchester on #climate calculator. #MadLab Thurs Nov 28th

Madlab is awesome. Geeks are awesome. Getting to the bottom of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s “carbon calculator” would be awesome. #rearrangingdeccchairs This day, it will be… awesome. DECC 2050 Calculator Hackday Tell a friend Share Thursday, November … Continue reading

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Video: Professor Kevin Anderson of #Manchester Tyndall on Typhoon Haiyan and direct #climate impacts in UK

See also this letter in Manchester Evening News yesterday. And this article!

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Video: Prof Kevin Anderson of #Manchester Tyndall on the Radical Emissions Reduction Conference

See details of the conference below! From here: Today, in 2013, we face an unavoidably radical future. We either continue with rising emissions and reap the radical repercussions of severe climate change, or we acknowledge that we have a choice … Continue reading

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