The first in a major new series of articles exploring how dialectical systems thinking can direct change making.
… On the nature of change Brendan Montague | 3rd December 2018 … how dialectical systems thinking can direct change making. Radical global change is now a necessity. But even small, …
Philosophical tools have an urgent practical application as we develop a theory of change appropriate to the scale of climate crisis.
… Philosophy and science of change Brendan Montague | 3rd July 2019 News … application as we develop a theory of change appropriate to the scale of climate crisis. Change on an unprecedented scale is necessary …
Why put 'need' at the heart of a philosophy of change?
… On the nature of change: Part II Brendan Montague | 10th December 2018 Comment Systems Change Needs Philosophy Activism OTNOC … put 'need' at the heart of a philosophy of change? We need change. That is the primary …
Anna Taylor reports on the findings of a recently published study which analyses the impacts of climate change on global marine ecology.....
… Climate change impacts on marine life Anna Taylor | 17th September 2013 News Oceans Climate Change oceans.jpg Many believe that marine … extent buffered from the impacts of climate change but this study proves otherwise. Anna …
How do displacement and migration relate to natural disasters and climate change? Today, there is little clarity about their inter-relationship. ARTHUR WYNS debunks three common misconceptions and offers a fresh perspective to frame the subject of 'climate migration'
… to opportunity: migration in times of climate change Arthur Wyns | 30th May 2018 Comment Climate Change Migration Displacement Climate Refugees … relate to natural disasters and climate change? Today, there is little clarity about …
Alternative viewpoints and marginalised voices are essential in the exploration and communication of climate change impacts.
… Isabel Cook | 20th December 2018 News Climate Change Conference Academia Women Indigenous … the exploration and communication of climate change impacts. Conference timetable and … available here . The impacts of climate change are felt more keenly by women, …
Commitment to action on climate change was once a banner of modernism adopted by by both Tony Blair and David Cameron, writes Leo Barasi. But no longer. The Tories have abandoned it entirely, while the Labour mainstream, in thrall to the twin narratives of 'austerity' and 'aspiration', looks the other way. So how to put climate change back on the centre-left agenda?
… Aspiration versus climate change: can we win back the centre left? Leo Barasi | 28th August 2015 News Climate Change Politics Economics UK … For Tony Blair, climate change was a core issue. But his successors …
The Green movement is above all about leading social change, writes Greenpeace co-founder Rex Weyler. While facts and arguments are important, the main task is to replace mainstream justifications of the status quo with new, compelling narratives of a higher moral order. And the most powerful means of achieving this is by symbolic, non-violent direct action.
… movement is above all about leading social change, writes Greenpeace co-founder Rex … Kapital , Brigitte Berger's 1971 Societies in Change , and recently, The 8 Laws of Change by Stephan Schwartz in the US. The I …
The finance industry faces a 'wicked' problem, says Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England. Climate change creates risks that threaten the financial system to its foundations - but on a timescale beyond the usual horizon for investment decisions. The only way to reduce those risks is to act with unusual foresight - and avoid abrupt and destabilising transitions.
… | 5th October 2015 Comment Finance Climate Change tree-clouds-recut.jpg The finance … Governor of the Bank of England. Climate change creates risks that threaten the … growing international consensus that climate change is unequivocal. [ 2 ] Many of the …
Google and Facebook have both recently quit ALEC, the corporate-funded climate change-denying US body that drafts right-wing laws for adoption by state legislatures. In a letter to Google, ALEC claims it does not deny climate change - an assertion strongly challenged by campaign group Forecast the Facts.
… responsible corporates must ditch climate-change denying ALEC Forecast the Facts | 30th September 2014 News Climate Change Corporations USA alec.png Google and … quit ALEC, the corporate-funded climate change-denying US body that drafts right-wing …
Author Clive Hamilton on why we've left it too late to stop climate change, his horror over geoengineering and the urgent need to become citizens rather than consumers
… Clive Hamilton: 'solving climate change is out of the question' Tom Levitt | 26th May 2010 Comment Climate Change Psychology Society Politics And … on why we've left it too late to stop climate change, his horror over geoengineering and the …
In the fight for a better, cleaner, more just and sustainable world, it's not enough just to oppose all all the 'bads' that crowd in from all sides, writes Mike Childs. We also have to build our own vision of the future, and map out the changes we must make to get there. And that's what Friends of the Earth is setting out to do in its transformational 'Big Ideas Change the World' project.
… Sixteen Big Ideas to change the world and create a better future … our own vision of the future, and map out the changes we must make to get there. And that's … out to do in its transformational 'Big Ideas Change the World' project. If, like me, you …
The latest report from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit shows how the understanding of the connections between climate change and extreme weather events is evolving rapidly. JACK ALEXANDER reports on how the links between weather and climate change and its impact on policy making is more important now than ever.
… increasingly link extreme weather to climate change Jack Alexander | 15th December 2017 News Climate Change Severe Weather Events ECIU Church Of … of the connections between climate change and extreme weather events is evolving …
Sea–level rises, changes to the severity of monsoon seasons and rainfall, flooding, droughts and heatwaves are all having an increasing impact on human health, writes Geordon Shannon.
… Climate change is making the world sick Geordan … Shannon | 11th February 2014 News Climate Change Health can-we-talk-climate-change.png Sea–level rises, changes to the …
Climatekeys launches in London tomorrow and promises to be music to the ears of activists keen to learn and teach about climate change while also aware of the need to remain positive. JULIA MARQUES shares her inside view.
… concert of piano music to sound the climate change alarm Julia Marques | 24th October 2017 … keen to learn and teach about climate change while also aware of the need to remain … Perrin and brings together music and climate change to facilitate audience discussion. This …
Is our inability to tackle climate change the fault of politicians? Corporations? Governments? Or is it because that's the way our brains have evolved, able to hold six contradictory ideas at once, and believe them all? Carol Linnitt met climate campaigner George Marshall, who thinks he is finally asking the right questions.
… Why our brains are wired to ignore climate change Carol Linnitt DeSmog.ca | 25th September 2014 Comment Climate Change Books george-marshall-cut.jpg Is our inability to tackle climate change the fault of politicians? Corporations? …
People forced by climate change to relocate are described by the media as victims or as security threats. There is little information about vulnerable communities’ fight to secure a viable future. We need to challenge these representations to provoke policies that protect the inherent rights of people affected by climate change, argues MARIA SAKELLARI
… Climate change and migration: the need for a new media … | 29th August 2018 Comment Migration Climate Change Media … People forced by climate change to relocate are described by the media … inherent rights of people affected by climate change, argues MARIA SAKELLARI Migration is …
Twice as many people in India and Japan rank climate change as one of the most important environmental issues, highlighting the challenge facing UK policymakers and climatologists
… of UK population concerned about climate change William McLennan | 18th April 2011 News Climate Change Energy Renewables cleanenergy.jpg MORI … many people in India and Japan rank climate change as one of the most important …
The media has a responsibility to fairly represent displacement in the context of climate change.
… Climate Justice Immigration Migration Climate Change Media Journalism … displacement in the context of climate change. Migration in the context of climate change is a justice issue. Those countries …
Anna Taylor takes a closer look at the worrying findings of a recently published study which, unusually, chose to assess potential climate change mitigation scenarios on the more widespread and common species found on our planet.....
… Climate change mitigation essential for even the most … Anna Taylor | 30th August 2013 News Climate Change Natural World biodiversity.jpg The … not escape the detrimental impacts of climate change. Anna Taylor takes a closer look at the …
The world has become intolerable for people everywhere, and for Earth herself, says Pope Francis. Profound, transformative change leading to social and economic justice is now an absolute necessity and something we must all fight for. We must also act to safeguard the Earth herself, our common home.
… The system is intolerable: the change we need is in our hands Pope Francis | … says Pope Francis. Profound, transformative change leading to social and economic justice … the world. Let us begin by acknowledging that change is needed. Here I would clarify, lest …
The IPCC's most important ever assessment of global warming warns that the world must cut its carbon emissions must be cut sharply and soon, writes Damian Carrington - and the cost is affordable. But in fact, emissions are rising at record levels, and the IPCC's strong support for unproven-at-scale CCS technology will leave many mystified.
… cuts vital to stop worst impacts of climate change Damian Carrington The Guardian | 3rd November 2014 News Climate Change Politics Technology Politics Fossil … technology will leave many mystified. Climate change is set to inflict "severe, widespread, …
Ahead of the latest UN climate conference, leading academic Anthony Giddens explains why it's time to switch to smaller agreements between major world powers
… Durban climate change conference: 'Sideline the UN' says … Matilda Lee | 7th November 2011 News Climate Change Durban Politics And Economics Durban Climate Change Conference 2giddensuntitled-1.jpg Lord …