Specifically promote use of WhatDoTheyKnow to obtain climate / environmental information

[RichardTaylor]

Inspired by the "climate helpdesk" service offered by the German access to information web-service FragDenDtaat

https://fragdenstaat-de.translate.goog/aktionen/klima-helpdesk

which includes

• Examples of "Current environmental inquiries"
• Inquiry Ideas
• A specific FAQ containing further "possible topics" for requests

[garethrees]

This would likely be implemented in the form of a landing page (#442 (comment)), but +1 on separating out this theme into a specific issue given that we have a Climate programme of work.

[RichardTaylor]

Inquiry Ideas

I spotted a Twitter thread suggesting changes to hospital operating theatre heating and ventilation protocols could be more significant in terms of reducing carbon dioxide emissions than even staff travel arrangements:

https://twitter.com/pete_labib/status/1494035612667633666?s=21

FOI could be used to obtain hospital operating theatre heating and ventilation protocols. Information on the current state would enable informed lobbying for change.

[garethrees]

I'm sure there'll be certain categories that would be relevant here, like airports for example #651.

[garethrees]

This would likely be implemented in the form of a landing page

I think we'd create a whatdotheyknow.com/climate page. On it we could:

• Cover EIR
• link to CAPE (Add links to Climate Action Plan Explorer plans #1331)
• resent related case studies (Blog post - requests arising from the current hot weather in the UK #1297, via Import case studies from blog alaveteli#6589)
• Link to a feed of related requests to create a "hub of activity" (Allow a climate tag to be added to requests #918)

[HelenWDTK]

We're in the process of adding 50+ EIR specific topic pages as part of the PJMF work, which is as good as we're going to get without the ability to add landing pages.