Our councils should play a vital role on the environment, including reducing carbon emissions, controlling new development, and how they invest pension funds.
But given the other pressures they face, they might not deliver on this agenda unless they see pressure from voters.
This hustings meeting is jointly organised by Friends of the Earth groups in […]
4020 Haringey Climate Forum Weds 10 January 2018
Stuart McElroy, Dan Hackett, Robyn Thomas, Tim Root, Pam Harling, Joyce Rosser, Dermot Barnes, Joe Baker, Quentin Given
1. The Zero 50 report and council’s response.
Joe took the meeting through the chapters of the Zero 50 report and the council’s responses. In the majority of recommendations (49 out of 74) […]
Our next meeting is Wednesday 10 January, 7pm to 9pm latest in the Civic Centre. Councillor Natan Doron will introduce a discussion on the Zero 50 report and Council’s response to it. At the full council meeting on 4 December we are expecting the Council’s response – they will probably endorse most of the report’s […]
Present: Ify and Mohammed (Global Group), Joyce Rosser (Sus Haringey), Chris Barker (Sus Haringey, CBT), Pamela Harling (Sus Haringey & MHSG), Quentin Given (FoE), Joe Baker (LBH), Alan Morton (MHSG), Duncan Kramer (START).
Apologies: Norman Beddington, Bob Hare, Jill Boswell, Jenny Bourne-Taylor, Robyn Thomas
1. Global Group LED project.
Mohammed described the group, set up a couple of years […]
Haringey Climate Forum 4020
Present: Becky Hatch, Sue Penny, Robin Thomas, Pam Harling, Joe Baker, Quentin Given, Robert Thairu, Jenny Bourne-Taylor, Tim Root, Dan and Helen Hackett,
Apologies – Joyce Rosser, Chris Barker, Norman Beddington, Bob Lindsay-Smith,
1. Haringey borough plan for next 5 years.
a) Becky Hatch outlined the process for developing the plan. Because Haringey’s resources are […]
The next Haringey 40:20 Climate Forum will be on Wednesday 13 September at the Civic Centre, 7-9pm.
The main topic will be the new Corporate Plan which will guide the Council from 2018-19 onwards and set priorities for spending and policy.
The discussion will be introduced by Rebecca Hatch from the Corporate Plan team.
Please try to come […]
Wednesday 14 June Haringey Civic Centre 6.30pm-8.30pm.
The Council is setting up a wholly-owned energy company to develop CHP plants providing heat and power to new developments in Tottenham and Wood Green.
How will they cut carbon? How will they benefit local people and save money?
Come, ask questions and find out
We are pleased to launch this year’s grants programme. We have a total of £10,000, and we would welcome bids from around £500 up to £3,000 – if your project can only happen with more than that, let us know and we will look at what is possible. The deciding panel will allocate the available […]
Haringey Climate Forum 4020
Present: Joyce Rosser, Chris Barker, Aisling Buckley, Jeremy Cassidy, Caroline Simpson, Robert Thairu, Jill Boswell, Quentin Given, Cllr Bob Hare, Debbie Campbell, Ayer Ozinel
1. Apologies – Alan Morton, Pam Harling, Joe Baker
2. Matters arising from minutes – we have heard no more re the Zero 50 report. Quentin to check with Joe Baker and […]
Waste is an important source of global warming gases carbon dioxide and methane. So reducing our waste is an important part of climate change mitigation.
In recent years recycling rates have stalled. This meeting will look at what the issues are and what we can all do to increase our recycling rate and reduce residual waste.
The […]