Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide will join the Peoples' Climate March on Sunday - but will leaders at the UN Climate Summit on Tuesday be listening? Probably not, but all the more reason to act, and build a broad-based, global, popular movement for climate action.
… Climate March and Summit: world leaders' … The Ecologist | 17th September 2014 News Climate Change copenhagen-protest-cut.jpg … of people worldwide will join the Peoples' Climate March on Sunday - but will leaders at …
The Pope has urged Catholics around the world to sign a new faith-inspired petition calling on world leaders to limit global warming to 1.5C, shortly after declaring that there is 'clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act' on climate change.
… Pope Francis endorses climate action petition to world leaders The Ecologist | 15th May 2015 News Climate Change Religion gccm petition … and ineluctable ethical imperative to act' on climate change. Pope Francis has endorsed a …
The two major demonstrations planned by climate campaigners at COP21 in Paris have been banned by police for security reasons. But organisers insist that over 2,000 events are still going ahead - and call for solidarity marches and protests around the world.
… COP21 Paris Climate March banned The Ecologist | 18th November 2015 News Climate Change Society Unfccc COP21 … The two major demonstrations planned by climate campaigners at COP21 in Paris have …
The sheer number of different measurements used to show evidence of climate change is dizzying. Now, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme has boiled them down to one, simple graph
… A 'Dow Jones' index for the world's climate The Ecologist | 12th December 2009 News Climate Change Copenhagen Climate Science climateindex.jpg The sheer …
Climate activists who broke into Aberdeen Airport hope to convince jury their actions were justified in preventing larger crime of runaway climate change
… Scottish climate activists in the dock hope to set … The Ecologist | 14th June 2010 News Legal Climate Activists Aberdeen Climate Change Law climateactivistsaberdeen.jpg Nine climate …
Climate protestors claimed a big win after a successful 48-hour vigil outside the Daily Mail's London offices with Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett that won wide support from the Mail's own journalists. More events will follow in the run up to COP21.
… Occupy Daily Mail claim 'historic' climate win The Ecologist | 27th October 2015 News Media Climate Change Corporations Politics COP21 candlelit-vigil.png Climate protestors claimed a big win after a …
Report finds Kansas-based Koch Industries has been financing opposition to environmental regulation, clean energy and climate scepticism
… US oil giant pumps $48m into climate sceptic groups The Ecologist | 30th March 2010 News Climate Change Oil Society Politics And … to environmental regulation, clean energy and climate scepticism A largely unknown US oil …
By allowing emissions to to rise humans may have doubled the likelihood of further floods like those that struck the UK in 2000, say climate scientists in first attempt to prove link between man-made climate change and extreme weather
… Man-made climate change doubling risk of extreme … The Ecologist | 17th February 2011 News Climate Change Flooding Weather Greenhouse Gas … to attempt to prove a link between man-made climate change and extreme weather By allowing …
They're two of the most important issues of our time. These resources will give you the science, some solutions and a good dose of inspiration to act now
… 10 resources for tackling climate change The Ecologist | 19th June 2009 Activism 10 Resources Climate Change Age Of Stupid Real Climate Centre For Alternative Technology …
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall won a gold medal at this year's celebration of climate spin and misinformation, with a special award going to the government of Denmark for services to the world's most polluting industries
… Vattenfall & Shell win Climate Greenwash '09 The Ecologist | 19th June 2009 News Energy Climate Change Vattenfall Shell Greenwash Climate Greenwash Awards Copenhagen World …
Researchers dismiss 'alarmist predictions' about hundreds of millions of people being forced to migrate across international borders because of climate change
… Climate refugee 'crisis' will not result in … The Ecologist | 4th February 2011 News Climate Change Migration Climate Refugees News bangladesh1.jpg Climate …
Gordon Brown called for an annual fund of £60 billion to help less industrialised countries adapt to climate change as part of a range of Government proposals in the run-up to UN talks in Copenhagen later this year
… Brown proposes £60 billion climate fund for Copenhagen The Ecologist | 26th June 2009 News Investigation Climate Change News Analysis Copenhagen … Brown Miliband Industrialised £60 Billion Climate Change smoke.jpg Gordon Brown called …
Survey finds global financial decision makers ignoring climate risks and opportunities
… Money men ignoring climate change The Ecologist | 7th January 2010 News Investment Climate Change Finance Politics And Economics … financial decision-makers are thinking about climate risks, says survey Survey finds global …
EJF’s ‘No Place Like Home’ film is part of their campaign arguing the case of people affected by climate change, who without international help and new binding agreements on assistance, will have no where to go and no means to survive...
… Climate refugees: Environmental Justice … cinemas The Ecologist | 14th March 2011 Other Climate Change EJF Climate Refugees Video Rising Sea Levels …
Fund managers who neglect their 'duty of care' to clients by failing to put pressure on the companies they invest in to reduce their carbon emissions and prepare for a fossil-free future could be sued for their negligence, say respected experts in law, environment and finance.
… Fund managers: campaign on climate, or face lawsuits The Ecologist | 12th February 2016 News Climate Change Law Pollution Emissions Finance … in law, environment and finance. Systemic climate risk is an issue that fund managers, …
Public may be more likely to accept responsibility for climate change and support mitigation action if they see it as a threat to human health, suggests research
… Climate change should be billed as a 'health' … The Ecologist | 22nd July 2010 News Health Climate Change asthmahealth.jpg Climate change has been linked with rising …
Campaigners say ruling 'opens the door' to the US to limit carbon emissions from industry under existing laws and removes the need to force through new bitterly opposed climate legislation
… US climate sceptics fail to stop carbon emissions … to health The Ecologist | 30th July 2010 News Climate Change US Carbon Emissions Greenhouse … need to force through new bitterly opposed climate legislation US climate sceptic …
NGO groups targeting marginal seats to pressure candidates into raising the profile of climate change in their election campaigns
… Vote for your MP only if they act on climate change The Ecologist | 7th April 2010 News Election Climate Change Politics And Economics … candidates into raising the profile of climate change in their election campaigns …
Pledges by investors to divest from fossil fuels have soared to $2.6 trillion - 50 times more than a year ago. 'Now is the time to divest', says Leonardo di Caprio, one of the latest to join the movement, which even includes Newcastle, Australia, home to the world's biggest coal port.
… 2015 News Fossil Fuels Coal Oil Finance Climate Change Energy … fuels and invest in renewable energy and climate solutions has exploded, now topping … movement has grown exponentially since Climate Week in September 2014." At that time …
Governments that are considering funding geoengineering experiments are the same ones that have failed to pay for conventional mitigation or adaptation to climate change
… Governments 'eager' to divert climate funding to geoengineering The … | 17th December 2009 News Geoengineering Climate Change geoengineer.jpg Artificial … for conventional mitigation or adaptation to climate change Decisions about geo-engineering …
The year 2014 is on track to be one of the hottest, if not the hottest, on record, according to preliminary estimates by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Their latest report, issued today at the UN climate talks in Lima, shows exceptional heat and flooding in many parts of the world.
… record The Ecologist | 3rd December 2014 News Climate Change Un Oceans Water Flooding … Their latest report, issued today at the UN climate talks in Lima, shows exceptional heat … Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 2014 indicated that the global …
Our attempts to adapt to, and mitigate, the effects of climate change, such as using biofuels, could worsen the direct effects of climate change on our ecoystems
… Human response to climate change is making matters worse The Ecologist | 19th August 2010 News Climate Change Biofuels Society Lifestyle … to adapt to, and mitigate, the effects of climate change, such as using biofuels, could …