Via the Community Climate Change Network we hope that linking together interested members of the University to share knowledge and expertise, will enable all members to create a diverse plan of action to help tackle climate change. As the network grows, we will engage local, UK, and European stakeholders such as other universities, councils, environmental groups, schools, and community based groups with an interest in sustainability. We hope to achieve impact through effecting the following: increasing the climate change action capacity of local interested individuals and groups by linking them and their knowledge/contacts etc. together under one network; raising local, UK, and wider awareness of the importance of tackling climate change in relation to air pollution and environmental health (which is neglected in many climate change groups, and which draws on Toxic Expertise research); and influencing public action in relation to climate change at a range of different scales (micro, meso, and macro).

ERC administrator India Holme working 1 day per week on the network alongside her 2.5 days on the Toxic Expertise grant. Alice Mah will be helping with the network and ensuring that our Toxic Expertise research can create local impact via the Climate Change Network.

We will be setting up our first meeting ASAP, if you would like to join the network or have any ideas then please email India anytime - india.foster@warwick.ac.uk