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Public Meeting 20 November 2025 This month's guest speaker is Adrian Jarvis, Chair of Leicestershire CPRE and former Head of Strategy for the National Grid. Changing the UK's energy system is a vital part of meeting the nation's targets for cutting emissions - Adrian will be able to give us a real insight into the

Join us for our last public meeting of 2025 - Adrian is a very knowledgeable and engaging speaker, one you won't want to miss!
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Council Watch October 2025 - how are the new brooms doing? Nearly half a year ago a new administration took charge at West Northamptonshire Council. In the days after the May election many people voiced concerns about the new Reform leadership - no local manifesto, lack of experience of local government, potentially reluctant councillors who stood as ‘paper candidates’. A more

Read the latest Council Watch piece on the CA-WN Exchange for our verdict on the new WNC administration's first few months
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Council Watch October 2025 - how are the new brooms doing? Nearly half a year ago a new administration took charge at West Northamptonshire Council. In the days after the May election many people voiced concerns about the new Reform leadership - no local manifesto, lack of experience of local government, potentially reluctant councillors who stood as ‘paper candidates’. A more

Read the latest Council Watch piece on the CA-WN Exchange for our verdict on the new WNC administration's first few months
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National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn | Environment | The Guardian Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

Protecting the UK and its citizens from the effects of climate change should be on the 'important and urgent' pile, but instead seems to have been filed under 'let's hope it goes away'.
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WriteToThem - Email your Councillor, MP, MSP, MS, MLA or London Assembly Member for free WriteToThem is a website which provides an easy way to contact MPs, councillors and other elected representatives.

The Climate Change Act is vital for protecting people & planet. Scrapping it would be a disaster. We need stronger climate action, not less!

If you have a Conservative MP, write to them expressing your huge disappointment at this terrible policy. www.writetothem.com

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Annual General Meeting You are invited to our AGM on 16 October - help us build a climate-aware community, take action on the climate and nature crises, and fight misinformation wherever it’s found. The AGM starts at 7.30 0n Thursday 16 October. Register for free here https://buytickets.at/climateactionwestnorthamptonshire/1756518

If you're concerned about the future of West Northamptonshire, please join us for our AGM on Thursday 16 October, to help build a community aware of and willing to take action on the threat to nature and our way of life.
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@premnsikka.bsky.social on Bluesky Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn loss. Damage from heat, drought, flooding, crop failures will accelerate. Climate change is global. No country can escape. Trump/Farage deny the obvious and dance to the tunes of fossil fuel companies. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/15/europes-summer-of-extreme-weather-caused-43bn-of-short-term-losses-analysis-finds

We can’t afford to look away. It’s tempting to think we still have time, that other issues are more pressing, even to believe the lies that climate change isn’t really happening. The truth is scary and uncomfortable

Net Zero Stocktake 2025 The Net Zero Stocktake 2025 assessed progress in setting and strengthening whole-economy net zero targets and evaluated more than 4,000 entities on whether current plans and strategies contain the key components for deep decarbonisation. The world must reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions in the early 2050s if it

The concept of Net Zero is getting a bit of a beating lately - the global Net Zero stocktake reminds us how many countries, companies and cities are taking it seriously
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Great, in 2040 when climate change is really biting, we’ll have a choice of 2 shiny new runways to fly to a ski resort (no snow), Greek island (too f**ing hot), Spanish Costa (wildfires). Remind me again why people in small boats are our biggest problem

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Select tickets – Climate Action-West Northamptonshire Public Meeting September 2025 – Zoom Climate Action-West Northamptonshire Public Meeting September 2025 – Zoom, Thu 18 Sep 2025 - With apologies to those who had booked and were looking forward to our guest speaker, Mike Reader MP, Mike has had to withdraw from this meeting. We are going to use the opportunity to hold an open discussion. It's important for CA-WN to take stock occasionall...

This Thursday 18 September, open online public meeting to discuss our purpose and future focus. At this watershed moment, politically and environmentally, how effective are we at delivering on our objectives? Please join to share your thoughts. www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...

@flightfreeuk.bsky.social on Bluesky Airport expansion is bad for the economy, bad for local communities and bad for the climate. Help us tell the government not to expand airports: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/714927 and hear from some of the local people affected by expansion in our video: https://youtu.be/NrlnwSgD33c?si=aUpAQPPWZueNDU0X

If you think spending money on expanding airports is the wrong decision - sign this petition! @flightfreeuk.bsky.social

The CA-WN Exchange CA-WN Exchange is the forum for action on climate in West Northamptonshire.

Check out exchange.ca-wn.org for latest articles on climate & environment, including Mike Reader MP on the Energy Security & Net Zero Select Committee scrutinising Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. Some cracking book and podcast recommendations too plus a personal story of going vegan.

Climate Action–West Northamptonshire (a grassroots residents’ collective aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve biodiversity, and build community resilience to the changing climate) has left X (512 followers)

Bluesky: @wearecawn.bsky.social

A request to review WNC's decision to scrap Net Zero, signed by 8 WNC councillors representing all opposition parties, has been accepted and a meeting of the Place and Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee is to be held on 19th August at 7pm at Towcester.

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CA-WN is not party political - we work with people who share our climate aims whatever political colour they are.
We support this petition calling on the council to rethink
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Local Nature Recovery Strategy for West Northamptonshire

Speaker at our July meeting was Ruth Rolls, Nature Recovery Strategy Officer for West Northants Council, on the Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
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No August meeting - see you on 18 Sept with Mike Reader MP.

We are very disappointed at the decision of West Northamptonshire Council to scrap its Net Zero targets. We welcome the council’s positive stance on some environmental issues such as home energy & nature recovery, but removing clear targets ducks their responsibilities to local residents.

Select tickets – Climate Action-West Northamptonshire Public Meeting July 2025 – Zoom Guest Speaker: Ruth Rolls, West Northamptonshire Council's Local Nature Recovery Officer. Welcome to our online public meeting!...

Join us Thu 17 July with speaker Ruth Rolls, Local Nature Recovery Officer, West Northants Council and author of the draft Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Ruth will cover how the LNRS works for nature & the environment, plus how communities can help.
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Find Councillor - West Northamptonshire Council Welcome to West Northamptonshire Council, the single unitary council covering the areas of Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire

Reform UK want to scrap climate targets for West Northants.
Net Zero gives us a clear target to aim at & drives innovation & investment
We'll also get cleaner air, lower heating £££, better health.
Email your councillor before 16 July Find their email: westnorthants.moderngov.co.uk/mgFindMember...

Crete wildfire forces 1,500 to evacuate as Europe heatwave continues Fire on island being fanned by gale-force winds as blazes also rage on mainland Greece and in Germany

Terrible news 😢
A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds has forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people on the Greek island of Crete, as large swathes of continental Europe baked in a punishing early summer heatwave linked to at least nine deaths.
#heatwave
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Investing in energy efficiency isn’t just good for the planet – it’s smart for your wallet too. From insulation to smarter heating, small upgrades can cut bills year after year. Save money, feel warmer, and do your bit for a low-carbon future.

Youth activists 'silenced' as anti-junk food ads get blocked | The Grocer JCDecaux and Global have both rejected Bite Back's '#CommercialBreak' campaign

The junk food industry cares more about its profits than the health of its customers. What a great campaign by these young activists @biteback2030.bsky.social Please follow them and share this story.
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Report of public meeting 19 June Our guest speaker this month was Bruce Durham, founder of Harborough Woodland (HW)1. This community group have made a tremendous impact since their beginnings 5 years ago – you can read more about their story here2. They are also running a free training event on Saturday 28 June – details on

Notes from the information- and inspiration-packed talk given to us last week by Bruce Durham of Harboroughwoodland.com now up! Not ‘just’ about flooding & trees but a masterclass in community organising.
Please do have a read.
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Not too late to book - it will an informative and entertaining talk.

Join us tonight to hear Bruce Durham of Harboroughwoodland.com talk about "Climate Action through Woods, Water, Wildlife and Wellness to reduce flood risk", followed by a Q&A discussion. exchange.ca-wn.org/ca-wn-public...

Not too late to book - it will an informative and entertaining talk.

Join us tonight to hear Bruce Durham of Harboroughwoodland.com talk about "Climate Action through Woods, Water, Wildlife and Wellness to reduce flood risk", followed by a Q&A discussion. exchange.ca-wn.org/ca-wn-public...

Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence Abstract. In a rapidly changing climate, evidence-based decision-making benefits from up-to-date and timely information. Here we compile monitoring datasets (published at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15639576; Smith et al., 2025a) to produce updated estimates for key indicators of the state of the climate system: net emissions of greenhouse gases and short-lived climate forcers, greenhouse gas concentrations, radiative forcing, the Earth's energy imbalance, surface temperature changes, warming attributed to human activities, the remaining carbon budget, and estimates of global temperature extremes. This year, we additionally include indicators for sea-level rise and land precipitation change. We follow methods as closely as possible to those used in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Working Group One report. The indicators show that human activities are increasing the Earth's energy imbalance and driving faster sea-level rise compared to the AR6 assessment. For the 2015–2024 decade average, observed warming relative to 1850–1900 was 1.24 [1.11 to 1.35] °C, of which 1.22 [1.0 to 1.5] °C was human-induced. The 2024-observed best estimate of global surface temperature (1.52 °C) is well above the best estimate of human-caused warming (1.36 °C). However, the 2024 observed warming can still be regarded as a typical year, considering the human-induced warming level and the state of internal variability associated with the phase of El Niño and Atlantic variability. Human-induced warming has been increasing at a rate that is unprecedented in the instrumental record, reaching 0.27 [0.2–0.4] °C per decade over 2015–2024. This high rate of warming is caused by a combination of greenhouse gas emissions being at an all-time high of 53.6±5.2 Gt CO2e yr−1 over the last decade (2014–2023), as well as reductions in the strength of aerosol cooling. Despite this, there is evidence that the rate of increase in CO2 emissions over the last decade has slowed compared to the 2000s, and depending on societal choices, a continued series of these annual updates over the critical 2020s decade could track decreases or increases in the rate of the climatic changes presented here.

Our new paper updating key metrics in the IPCC is now out, and the news is grim:

⬆️ Human induced warming now at 1.36C
⬆️ Rate of warming now 0.27C / decade
⬆️ Sharp increase in Earth's energy imbalance
⬇️ Remaining 1.5C carbon budget only 130 GtCO2

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CA-WN Public Meeting 19 June Thursday 19 June 7:45pm - 9:00pm (online) June's guest speaker is Bruce Durham, founder of Harborough Woodland Community Volunteers. Bruce has done incredible work with this and other community groups. He is also a Flood Warden. Bruce will talk to us about Climate Action through Woods, Water, Wildlife

This Thursday is our monthly meeting - free and open to all. Please join us to hear Bruce Durham of Harboroughwoodland.com talk about "Climate Action through Woods, Water, Wildlife and Wellness to reduce flood risk", followed by a Q&A discussion. exchange.ca-wn.org/ca-wn-public...

Please read this Substack from @climatehuman.bsky.social.

And So I Roar by Abi Daré This book is the first winner of the Climate Fiction Prize1, launched this year. The team behind the prize explained why: We want to reward and showcase powerful stories that depict the human response to climate change; how it impacts us and how society responds.  For societies to fully grasp

Our Bookshelf recommendation for June is And So I Roar, by Abi Daré, winner of the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize. A great read; storytelling is such a powerful way to get people to understand and act on climate change.
@climate-fiction.bsky.social
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