Global leaders regrouped last month at the UN biodiversity summit (COP16) in Colombia and this month, from 11 - 22 November, COP29 will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan.   While we wait to see the outcomes of those global conferences, we can get more involved in taking Climate and Nature action closer to home! 

• follow Market Drayton Climate Action's lead by sending a letter to ministers at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero as they prepare for COP29 asking them to help set ambitious new targets for lowering carbon emissions. For details of the letter go to Market Drayton's website   

• we are also pleased to announce two local events which you can attend to support action across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. 

  
  

Shropshire Climate Action have announced the date of the follow up webinar to the Accelerating Change conference on climate action for Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. The webinar will take place online on Wednesday 20 November, 7pm. Join us:

• for an update on the progress made since the Accelerating Change conference which took place back in May 

• to explore the next steps and opportunities to get involved in emerging projects to accelerate climate action in communities across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

• to feedback on what local groups and communities need and how they can contribute to county-wide initiatives.

The webinar is open to all. Don't miss out on this opportunity to be part of the solution.

You can book your tickets via this Eventbrite link. 

Meanwhile the Shropshire Association of Local Councils, Middle Marches Community Land Partnership and partners have also organised the Local Nature Recovery Strategy Conference on 6 December, from 9.15am in Church Stretton. You can hear from national and local experts about what town and parish councils can do, and are doing, to help restore nature and biodiversity in their areas.  Speakers include:

• Baroness Natalie Bennett, Vice Chair, National Association of Local Councils (NALC) 

• Lynn Parker, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Local Nature Recovery Strategy

• representatives of town and parish councils and community groups already taking action.

For more information about the full programme line up please click here.  

To book your place please email: conference@middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk

Please encourage representatives from your town and parish councils to attend and be inspired about the action they can take in their communities.