Factory Farmed Chicken
Warning:- Don’t read this if you think you might be eating factory-farmed chicken again.
Alison Caffyn from Cardiff University reveals the the true cost of these horrific systems.
Climate Outreach Report - Britain Talks COP26
Climate Outreach is the Social Science and Communications team from Oxford. They say:-
“Through our research, practical guides and consultancy services, we help organisations communicate about climate change in ways that resonate with the values of their audiences.”
They have just issued a report New Insights on what the British Public from the UN Climate Summit (That’s COP26)
To view the report click Climate-Outreach-BritainTalksCOP26
The Executive Summary is worth reading.
Also interesting is understanding the 7 segments they have used to describe the British public see https://www.britainschoice.uk/
Ilkley Town Council Declare Climate Emergency
At the December 2nd 2019 meeting the Council declared an emergency.
Read Declaration
Mayor Mark Stidworthy explains the background to the declaration in a series of video interviews which you can watch here
Ilkley Sustainability Plan
This sustainability plan was commissioned by Ilkley Council’s Neighbourhood Development Plan working group in November 2018.
The plan has been drafted by Climate Action Ilkley with input from a number of local organisations all of whom have endorsed the document. They are listed on the opening page. Climate Action Ilkley are now calling on the Town Council to formally adopt the plan before the the referendum on the Neighbourhood Development Plan in May 2021.
You can read the plan here
Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss
Note the new report by Chatham House (Tim Benton) Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss | Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank which demonstrates that nature cannot be restored unless we change what we eat. It confirms the importance of our Food Choices campaign – contact Steve Peel if you’d like to help.
Ilkley Neighbourhood Development Plan
The plan will be the subject of a referendum in May 2022
The plan and related documents can be found here:-
Air Pollution Presentation
At our meeting on 18th January Amy Stidworthy of CERC (Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants) gave a talk about air pollution and its measurement, harmful effects, etc. to inform our deliberations about what we might do next on this front. She included thoughts on air pollution in Ilkley particularly around the Brook St/Leeds Rd area.
Her presentation is now available to view or download 20210118_CAI_IntroductionToAirPollution
Communicating Climate Change
Climate Outreach is an Oxford based organisation set up to promote the effective communication of climate change and therefore very relevant for us.
Quoting from their website they focus on:-
“finding ways to talk about climate change across the political spectrum; changing the way millions of people see climate change; accelerating understanding of how to mainstream low-carbon lifestyles; ”
If you follow these links you will find your way to reports like “Communicating effectively with the centre-right about household energy efficiency”
One of these reports Climate-Outreach-CASPI-Mainstreaming-low-carbon-lifestyles has a case study on page 8 “engaging centre-right audiences around reduced flying”. In the case study they suggest the words you should and shouldn’t use for an audience with centre-right values.
Climate Change talk by Steve Peel January 2022
Steve Peel addresses the questions:- How serious is Climate Change and what can we do? His talk starts a poll of the Wharfedale Naturalists audience. The result was:-
87% very concerned
11% fairly concerned
2%. not very concerned
Ideas for Insulating your Home
Andy Walker, home insulation specialist, visits a Victorian/Edwardian property in York to explain how the insulation of the house can be improved.
List of councils who have declared Climate Emergency
If you are researching what other towns are doing about climate emergency this MySociety list is a good place to start. I have added Ilkley to the list(Ed).
List of Towns
Best Climate Change Books
Interviews with eminent scientists discussing climate change and the best books to learn more
Links to the Bigger Picture
Thanks to Rob Knipe for these links:-
Following last night’s discussions from Steve’s question about the ‘bigger picture’ – below are a few links to the projects I mentioned.
Please let me know if I can help with more.
- Divestment and New Investment Idea: Jeremy Leggett – Early stage idea to set up a company, called ‘ZeroCarbon Revolution’, Recent Cambridge Lecture: https://climateseries.com/home-blog/52-ccls2020-jeremy-leggett
- H21 The Hydrogen Economy Project for the NE: This is a link to the section that highlights the Leeds City planning part (there are more general H21 Project links as well): https://www.h21.green/projects/downloads/
Hydrogen in your gas supply
Keele University are running a pilot project to research the acceptability of injecting hydrogen into your gas supply – with positive results. Read about it here
The Royal Society issued a paper “Options for producing low-carbon hydrogen” in 2018. Read this paper (or at least the conclusions on page 27) here
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Hydrogen says:-
“Hydrogen will play a key role in shaping our future economy and our ability to meet our net-zero targets, the only question that remains, is when.”
Their report is well presented and provides a good background to the issues including how hydrogen can be produced – Blue v Green. It’s 32 pages but worth a read if you are interested. You can view or download it here 20.07.15 Hydrogen-APPG-Report-2020