On the day Obama bans Artic Offshore Drilling, RUPERT READ predicts a 'volte face' by the climate-change-denying President Elect, Donald Trump. But if this were to happen, would it make things better or worse?
… Trump's coming ‘climate moment': and why we should be careful … Rupert Read | 21st December 2016 News Trump Climate Denial Paris Agreement Artic Drilling … RUPERT READ predicts a 'volte face' by the climate-change-denying President Elect, Donald …
There's nothing unexpected about the coming catastrophe: it is approaching us ‘smoothly'. And yet we're doing so little to stop it. What gives? asks Philosopher, RUPERT READ
… Climate change is a white swan Rupert Read | 23rd February 2017 Comment Climate Crisis Climate Change Philosophy President Trump …
After the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks, the undercover police scandal, the disbanding of Climate Camp - and the sudden rise of UK Uncut - Bibi van der Zee takes the temperature of Britain's green activism movement
… | 6th July 2011 News Politics And Economics Climate Change Investigations Direct Action … wdm.jpg After the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks, the undercover police scandal, the disbanding of Climate Camp - and the sudden rise of UK Uncut …
The backing of Cameron, Clegg and Kofi Annan isn't enough, say Climate Week's critics, it is blinkered – and RBS-sponsored. Bibi van der Zee reports
… Climate Week is trying to galvanise the green … it Bibi van der Zee | 3rd March 2011 Comment Climate Change Politics Comment Oil RBS climateweek.jpg The backing of Cameron, Clegg …
'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
… Rughani | 9th March 2017 Comment Apollo Earth Climate Action Un-named Movement Paul Hawken … is a new mission to bring action against climate change to its Tipping Point. Here's … meaning in our common struggle to prevent climate-catastrophe deserves the name …
Facing up to climate crisis necessitates a process of deep, transformational adaptation.
… Climate change and deep adaptation Rupert Read | 8th February 2019 News Climate Change Systems Adaptation Thought … 46801340861_7517df4392_o.jpg Facing up to climate crisis necessitates a process of deep, …
Can billionaires help to transform systems and empower diverse communities?
… less than ten percent of his wealth towards climate action generated a lot of media … will be no short cut to global social change. Climate activists must focus on building … enables such empowerment. Sustained climate action will require a fresh settlement …
Labour's new candidate for London Mayor has taken a firm stand against Heathrow expansion, write Victor Anderson & Rupert Read. But he's all for it at Gatwick - never mind the climate change. For those who oppose new runways on principle, there's only one choice: The Greens' Sian Berry.
… Labour's climate change fudge: Heathrow, no; Gatwick, … September 2015 Comment Transport Aviation Climate Change Politics UK Emissions … he's all for it at Gatwick - never mind the climate change. For those who oppose new …
Best-selling book The Uninhabitable Earth focusses attention on unprecedented climate breakdown - but places false hope in geoengineering.
… Earth focusses attention on unprecedented climate breakdown - but places false hope in … think and write about dangerous anthropogenic climate change, we have been impressed by your … the very real risk of an unprecedented climate breakdown and consequent societal …
We must rebel against capitalism's destruction of our common future.
… movement challenging inaction over dangerous climate change and the mass extinction of … opposed to what they see as a government of “climate criminals” aim to gather together … what appears to be a direct course towards climate calamity. Who knows, the government …
The reshuffle has turned Heathrow into a messy political vortex...but it may also be beside the point, says Bibi van der Zee
… over at the Department for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey, the secretary for state, stays in position, as does climate change minister Greg Barker. But … opposition to wind turbines and may even be a climate sceptic. Secondly, the shuffling …
The Ecologist’s political writer, Bibi van der Zee, meets Caroline Flint, Labour’s shadow secretary on energy and climate change
… Flint is the shadow secretary on energy and climate change (Image courtesy of … Labour’s shadow secretary on energy and climate change There is a point in her … appointed her shadow secretary on energy and climate change, the latest, as she points out, …
Continuing her exclusive series - Coalition Green Watch - Bibi van der Zee further assesses David Cameron's pledge to head the 'greenest government in history' and, whilst the jury may still be out, finds alarming cause for concern...
… Comment Politics And Economics David Cameron Climate Decc Blogs And Comment … and the Confederation of British Industry’s Climate Change tracker have notched downwards … history' - and why we need YOUR help COMMENT Climate Week is trying to galvanise the green …
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'.
… | 16th February 2015 Comment Transport UK Climate Change Politics bus-jam-cut.jpg Public … level by the year 2050, as mandated by the Climate Change Act of 2008. It's also entirely … only a reflection of the harsh realities of climate change: even if we make this reduction …
Local Extinction Rebellion groups rise up ahead of a wave of actions on Saturday, 15 December.
… Of course, the thing about the climate is that it is under threat by all … will be needed to arrest the collapse of our climate and biodiversity are now so huge that … shift the world from a direct course towards climate calamity. That will only happen if the …
Governments should turn to citizens to decide how we’ll work together to build the post-coronavirus world.
… from being put in place by governments. The climate emergency has already caused droughts, … of the ecological crisis (including the climate emergency), we will have achieved less … postponement of this year’s big international climate and biodiversity COP conferences is a …
Despite promises of a radical shake-up - followed by months of bickering - the new Energy Bill delivers business as usual with the big six energy companies still dominating our energy supplies, says Bibi van der Zee
… another round of special pleading at the UN climate negotiations (COP18) in Dohar, here … meant that the Deparment of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was forced to leap into … Dr Alan Whitehead MP sits on the energy and climate change committee and has been a huge …
An extract from This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the End of Empire, and What Lies Beyond.
… will be a techno-fix that will defuse the climate emergency while life more or less goes … way keeping us from facing up to climate reality. On the other hand, there are … it shows almost no sign of taking the extreme climate crisis—let alone the broader …
The Ecologist’s political writer, Bibi van der Zee, meets Caroline Flint, Labour’s shadow secretary on energy and climate change.
… Labour’s shadow secretary on energy and climate change. There is a point in her … appointed her shadow secretary on energy and climate change, the latest, as she points out, … I ask her if she personally worries about climate change, and she exclaims “of course! …
Two unusual political events will take place next week. The Green MP Caroline Lucas goes on trial for protesting against fracking. And Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage go head to head on TV. Rupert Read contrasts the underlying political agendas ...
… | 23rd March 2014 Comment Politics Fracking Climate Changes Corporations UK … when Britain finally woke up to the threat of climate chaos, which is not something distant: … years of gas? and preservation of our very climate: our conditions of existence. We …
In the first of an exclusive new series Bibi van der Zee sets out how we'll put to the test David Cameron's pledge to head the 'greenest government in history' - and why we need YOUR help
… Comment Politics And Economics David Cameron Climate DEFRA Decc Blogs And Comment … Huhne’s DECC (the Department for Energy and Climate Change), Caroline Spelman’s DEFRA …
Bibi van der Zee discovers there is no excuse for Britain – still struggling with an energy system built for the 1950s – not to construct a new and greener energy system fit for the 21st century. All that is lacking is the political will.
… the government’s own advisory body on climate change), the most vital priority of … more than half the Department of Energy and Climate Change budget every year. Then there … Ed Davey as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, trailing all the green …
As the Conservative party winds up its annual conference, Bibi van der Zee takes a closer look at some of its key players and gleans a little more about their ‘positions’ on the environment
… Miliband last week, who didn’t even refer to climate change. (Apparently it was in his … After all the rumblings about them being climate sceptics and anti-wind farm, it was …