Tackling the causes and consequences of climate change

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By delivering this priority we will create a city, that leads the way and invests in the green industrial revolution. Ensuring the future well-being of our residents by embedding environmentally friendly behaviours and exploring opportunities to lessen the pressures caused by climate change.

We have amended the One Coventry Plan following your feedback on this priority by:

  • Including a commitment to encourage green behaviours and work with schools to implement sustainability into the curriculum

  • Stressing the importance of protecting wildlife and engaging with communities and developers on the conservation of natural habitats.

  • Being clearer about the need to address the impacts and consequences of Climate Change by ensuring we have the right infrastructure in place to cope with the effects of extreme weather events such as flooding and extreme heat.


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By delivering this priority we will create a city, that leads the way and invests in the green industrial revolution. Ensuring the future well-being of our residents by embedding environmentally friendly behaviours and exploring opportunities to lessen the pressures caused by climate change.

We have amended the One Coventry Plan following your feedback on this priority by:

  • Including a commitment to encourage green behaviours and work with schools to implement sustainability into the curriculum

  • Stressing the importance of protecting wildlife and engaging with communities and developers on the conservation of natural habitats.

  • Being clearer about the need to address the impacts and consequences of Climate Change by ensuring we have the right infrastructure in place to cope with the effects of extreme weather events such as flooding and extreme heat.


Please view the tabs below to read our recent articles and get involved in our ideas and stories tools.

  • City Centre traffic improvements 

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    Coventry City Council is set to introduce traffic restrictions on the Trinity Street Loop – Burges, Hale Street and Trinity Street - and High Street which will improve the city centre for everyone.  

    Read the full story about the traffic improvements on our website.



  • Council allocates extra cash to aid fight against fly tipping

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    Additional funding of almost £200,000 is to be spent on a crackdown on fly tipping in an attempt to keep the city’s streets and green spaces clean and litter-free.

    The extra funds were agreed as part of the Council’s budget-setting this week and will help support work to prevent fly tipping and prosecute those responsible.

    For more information on this story, click here.


  • Fly tipper fined thanks to good citizen

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    A sharp-eyed resident helped the Council track down and fine a fly-tipper.

    The person saw someone acting suspiciously and then dumping rubbish in an alleyway between Brays Lane and Harefield Road and alerted the Council.

    Thanks to their quick actions, officers were able to get to the site quickly and go through the waste for any evidence.

    For more information on this story, click here.

  • Funding secured by Coventry City Council and Conigital to bring automated shuttle routes to the city and beyond

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    An exciting new project highlighting Coventry’s forward thinking and technological innovation with leading autonomous technology provider Conigital has secured joint government and industry funding.

    The pioneering development project brings automated shuttles ferrying passengers between Coventry rail station and Coventry University campus.

    This continues to establish Coventry City Council’s reputation as one of the leaders in the field of Connected Automated Vehicle (CAV) technology.

    For more information on this project, click here.

  • Council to bring early-stage consultation over plans for a solar farm

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    Coventry City Council is set to start early-stage consultation over plans for a solar farm in the north of the city.

    The proposed solar farm would deliver clean, green electricity from an approximately 103-acre site close to the M6. The site is in the Council’s ownership and the land is currently used for sheep farming with some crop cultivation.

    To learn more about this project, click here.


  • Working in partnership to tackle fly-tipping

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    Residents in a neighbourhood in Hillfields have been working with the Council and Citizen Housing to tackle fly-tipping.

    People who live in Vernon Close, Brook Close, Vauxhall Close, Gilbert Close, Days Close and Spring Close had ongoing concerns about an area around their homes which has become a fly-tipping hotspot.

  • Cameras to go live in north west of Coventry in bid to reduce traffic speeds

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    Average Speed Enforcement cameras will start operating on Tamworth Road in the coming weeks.

    Equipment has been installed on lamp columns along Tamworth Road which will be able to measure the average speed of motorists.

    Click here to read an article about the project.


  • Binley Cycleway Latest Update

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    Councillor Jim O'Boyle met with former Olympic gold medallist Chris Boardman to discuss the latest with the scheme
    Watch this short clip to see what they had to say!


  • Energy efficiency works start on Coventry homes thanks to money from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

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    Work to improve energy efficiency of homes in Coventry has started thanks to funding from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund. Click here to read more about the project.


  • Have you seen the new living wall in Pepper Lane?

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    It's home to around 8000 plants and is part of our efforts to green up the city centre 🍃

    Here's @cllrjimoboyle and Cllr Patricia Hetherton to tell you a bit more about the wall.


Page last updated: 05 Jun 2023, 01:43 PM