Perspective - Manx Radio

Talking to the BBC at the annual Illiam Dhone commemoration ceremony at Hango Hill on Thursday, 2 January 2020, Ralph Peake MHK said Tynwald had the opportunity to "show some real leadership" in tackling climate change. The topic dominated this year's event, with speeches in English from Devon Watson of the Climate Change Coalition and Fare Free Campaign, followed by the author of the Isle of Man Population Atlas, Paul Craine, who is also the Isle of Man leader of the Climate Reality Project. Mr Peake attended the event, having been one of the members of a Climate Emergency Consultative Transformation Team, appointed by the Manx Government in July. That team was made up of representatives from government departments, climate change specialists, as well as two politicians - Mr Peake, and Jane Poole-Wilson MLC. It was chaired by a so-called independent expert, Professor James Curran, who was given six months to report back with an action plan for how the Island can play its part in mitigating the effects of