Europe must learn from Indonesia's restoration of its peatlands if we are to cut agricultural carbon emissions.
… Damaged peatlands contribute to carbon emissions Natalie Bennett | 11th … News Thought Leaders Peatlands Climate Change Carbon Emissions Bangkok Indonesia … its peatlands if we are to cut agricultural carbon emissions. Fires on peatlands in …
Exporting emissions is not the same as cutting them.
… On Climate Change Exporting Emissions Carbon Net Zero Editor’s Picks … who boasted endlessly about the UK “cutting” carbon emissions by 44 percent since 2008 - … tragedy because that means not just excessive carbon emissions, but also people living in …
The world’s mismanagement of the nitrogen cycle is 'our forgotten environmental crisis'.
… cent, phosphorus footprint by 85 per cent and carbon footprint by 85 per cent. But top of … with the aim of doing what the IPPC did for carbon emissions and setting global targets … has 298 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide and stays in the atmosphere for …
HS2, the UK's £50bn+ high-speed rail project to speed travel between London and Birmingham - and eventually Manchester and beyond is colossal waste of money, writes Rupert Read. The resources should be used to fund sustainable local and regional transport schemes.
… the West Coast main line would return £6.06. Carbon emissions - benefits 'could result' ... … the reduction of negative externalities from carbon emissions, are thus seriously diminished. The carbon reduction argument for the passenger …
Public transport often doesn't work for travellers because it's fragmented, deregulated and operated for short-term profit, writes Rupert Read. A Green transport policy would force operators to coordinate their schedules, integrate multiple transport modes, and entice travellers out of their cars building a real public transport 'system'.
… contribution to reducing the UK's overall carbon emissions by 80% of the 1990 level by … Party) or policy framework aimed at reducing carbon emissions attributable to travel and … the pollution and congestion as well as the carbon footprint) - but how can we expect …
The Government has let down Britain with its repeated failures to seize the opportunities of green growth, healthy local food, better housing, environmental protection - and is instead pinning all its hopes on flawed, outmoded ideologies that betray our futures.
… went backwards in its commitment to cutting carbon emissions and threw away opportunity … The plan to reduce standards for 'zero-carbon' homes , allowing offsite 'carbon offsetting' of emissions, has also been …
Rural community fears 'extreme' and unconventional drilling for oil.
… as “extreme energy” - ways of extracting the carbon stored over countless millennia in the … are expensively trying to work out means of “carbon capture and storage”, ways of extracting carbon and then injecting it back into the …
'Apollo-Earth' is a new mission to bring action against climate change to its Tipping Point. Here's what needs to happen and how you can get involved, write RUPERT READ and DEEPAK RUGHANI
… for plantation monocultures, increasing carbon emissions and decimating biodiversity … such as straw and hemp which both lock in carbon and offer insulation benefits. Growing … fossil fuels. The only way we can achieve a 'carbon descent' is by implementing an ‘energy …
The courts have given the private corporation behind HS2 three weeks more to desecrate our ecological heritage.
… the line is wreaking; the vast slug of carbon that is going into the atmosphere from … is incompatible with a 2025 deadline for carbon-zero as called for by Extinction … that we have reached: one where mega-costly carbon-heavy mega-projects need to go extinct… …
How to make farming 'climate friendly' was one of the hot topics at COP22 in Marrakesh, writes Natalie Bennett, with two contrasting models on show: 'climate smart' agriculture, with its reliance on industrial farming systems; and agroecology, which works with nature to build fertile, high-carbon, moisture-retaining soils, and sustain employment for millions of skilled land workers.
… works with nature to build fertile, high-carbon, moisture-retaining soils, and sustain … means preventing emissions (or drawing carbon out of the atmosphere), and adaptation … farming has massively reduced the amount of carbon stored in the soil (as has clearing …
With European climate policy in post-Brexit lockdown, and US delegates gripped by uncertainty (even for their own jobs) following Trump's election, a new global climate leader is emerging, writes Natalie Bennett. China is stepping up as the country with the finance, technology and industrial might to take forward the Paris Agreement - and for its companies to reap the benefits.
… in Marrakesh. The urgency of slashing our carbon emissions before we exceed the … the need to promote and support small-scale, carbon-efficient agriculture that can also … American companies and industries towards low-carbon options despite the government. And the …
Governments should turn to citizens to decide how we’ll work together to build the post-coronavirus world.
… can be expected to worsen as more and more carbon is put into the atmosphere. Decarbonisation All plans to rebuild the economy … crisis must be designed to simultaneously decarbonize the economy and restore ecosystems …
Local Extinction Rebellion groups rise up ahead of a wave of actions on Saturday, 15 December.
… be a contribution to increasing our nation’s carbon emissions at the very time we need to … - is telling us that we need to halve our carbon emissions within a decade. We occupied … Councils and parliament, executive offices, carbon-polluting factories and the like, we …
Can we reframe our arguments against fossil fuel giants and be led by creative visions for just and sustainable communities?
… claims were based on the possible option of carbon capture and storage (CCS) - which has … My more foundational response is that carbon storage is something nature’s already … afford to keep destroying nature’s long-term carbon capture and storage system. Instead we …
The law of unintended consequences is usually assumed to mean the best will in the world can still cause terrible harm. But the need to understand the causes of climate change is forcing societies to address other risks from industrial production, argues NATALIE BENNETT.
… engines in cars as a way of cutting their carbon emissions. We needn’t have had the … nibble at the edges of the giant mountain of carbon reduction we need to climb. Here we got …
The emergence in the Paris Agreement of 1.5C as the global temperature rise the world should aim for is hugely significant, writes Natalie Bennett. But it's up to us, climate activists and ordinary citizens the world over, to make sure it's delivered.
… current throwaway economy that fails to count carbon emissions and other environmental … movement towards a just transition to a zero-carbon economy that meets everyone needs … movement towards a just transition to a zero-carbon economy that meets everyone needs on …
Only one party is challenging the mainstream concensus on transport, write Rupert Read, Sandy Irvine and Bennet Francis - massive spending on roads and HS2, and the little that's left for everything else. It's time to throw away the old thinking and commit to an effective, sustainable transport system that begins with local needs.
… that scrapping costly investment in the high-carbon economy would be a no-brainer. Yet with … can become an effective replacement for carbon-intensive road and domestic air travel, …
Whatever government we end up with after tomorrow's election, there's just one way to make sure it takes climate change and wider environmental issues seriously, Natalie Bennett told a Cambridge audience yesterday - for us to deliver the strongest Green vote ever!
… as an energy source, ignoring the need to decarbonise our electricity supply by 2020. … tackle fuel poverty in Britain and to cut our carbon emissions. None have plans to break up … in the technology we need to build a low carbon future, which is the only future we can …
The government risks falling way short in tackling climate breakdown - and a long list of other environmental crises.
… being “world-leading” in setting a net zero-carbon target date of 2050. That’s a claim … Party manifesto in December, is net zero-carbon by 2030. That’s what the … Party manifesto in December, is net zero-carbon by 2030. That’s what the …
The aim of the Resurgence Trust - owner and publisher of The Ecologist - is to change people's worldview so we can live in harmony with each other and with nature. Here NATALIE BENNETT, former Green party leader, explains why this aim is so vital today
… air we breathe, stores massive quantities of carbon, that is crucial to the food security … be heavily contaminated. The rising levels of carbon dioxide, absorbed by the ocean, are …
We need to overhaul what we grow, and how and where we grow it, if we are to make the most of our land and fight climate change.
… and other wildlife, for flood control, for carbon storage – of even decades before. The … Of course that will also, essentially, store carbon to help to meet our legally binding …
To secure the clean energy transformation for the long term we must get the good news out there, writes Natalie Bennett - driving forward a popular movement for warm, comfortable homes, affordable fuel bills, community renewables and thriving local economies.
… of the economy that would not only cut carbon emissions but also improve people's … of our energy system from fossil fuels to low carbon within a generation is only a subset of …
The state of our soils is an enormous threat to future food security - we need to fully embrace organic methods.
… to turn this planet around and slash our carbon emissions. Insect studies are … a review of recent literature on soil carbon for Green MEP Molly Scott-Cato. Rich …