… four songs by Kenny Young, the songwriter, producer, musician and environmental activist who … for campaigns and disaster relief . Young produced six albums for APE’s houseband, Rhythms …
Christian Aid reports climate storms caused death and displacement around the world - as well as financial costs.
The cost of climate inaction Emily Beament | 4th January 2022 | News Climate Breakdown Christian Aid 2.64501154.jpg Christian Aid reports climate storms caused death and displacement around the world …
Professor Michael Mann explains the communications science behind the Netflix blockbuster Don't Look Up!
The science of climate humour Michael Mann | 5th January 2022 | News Climate Breakdown Climate Science Denial Editor’s Picks jdrbcsnwwbb5larptx5gpo2zbe.jpg Professor Michael Mann explains the …
Billionaires should focus their money on climate change rather than space travel, says public.
… than space travel, says public. Wealthy individuals must pay higher taxes to cover the costs … the public as revealed in a survey of 2,000 adults . The same study also reveals that an … taxes on the lifestyles of the wealthy individuals in the coming year.” The study also …
'As the expensive and hazardous job of cleaning up the radioactive legacy Hunterston leaves in its wake now begins, Scotland must press on with plans to harness more clean, renewable energy.'
… B, near West Kilbride – which started producing electricity 45 years and 11 months ago … the decarbonisation we need to see across industry, heat and transport. They added: “We … Hunterston B in North Ayrshire said it had produced enough energy to power every home in …
Climate breakdown and warmer waters allowing bacteria that cause food poisoning to flourish around Britain - new study.
… Exeter. "With sea-surface temperatures rising due to climate change, Vibrio activity in … from four sites used by the shellfish industry – Chichester Harbour, Osea Island, … the sea for recreation purposes – either due to swallowing infected seawater or from …
George Monbiot, environmental campaigner and journalist, warns we are reaching a systems tipping point - and the collapse of our liveable planet.
Monbiot: we face systems collapse George Monbiot | 11th January 2022 | News Don't Look Up Systems Thinking Climate Breakdown Editor’s Picks georgemonbiot_2019t-embed.jpg George Monbiot, environmental …
World Economic Forum finds business, academic, government and charity experts fear climate action failure, extreme weather, and biodiversity loss above all else.
… its annual Davos conference until the summer due to the Omicron variant of coronavirus, …
COP26 is long forgotten but the legacy of oil exploitation will last for ever.
… was a “climate bombshell”: if all that production goes ahead, an extra 600 million … the UK’s lavish tax breaks for North Sea producers. Siccar Point says the project is “not … a paltry £255 million from oil and gas producers, while handing rebates of £39 million …
Majority of influential companies and financial institutions doing little or nothing on deforestation - undermining global climate targets.
… to act now will struggle to implement new due diligence requirements in force or in the … companies have no policies to ensure their products are not driving deforestation. These … assesses and ranks the 350 companies that produce, use, trade or sell the largest amounts …
Corporations fear losing profits but going chemical-free in farming will be unavoidable to save our living planet.
… – our bodies, the way we work and how we produce food. Uniformity is the rule, instead of diversity. But this industrial way of intensive food production is killing our living planet and locks …
Social reform starts at the grassroots: Be the Change, Communicate the Change and Organise the Change.
… demand. Once governments come on board, industry and commerce see new business … of change, and they begin to invest in products and services that meet the expectations … not one wind turbine or solar panel was producing renewable energy anywhere in the UK. …
Tougher rules on fossil fuel investments could help avert economic disaster.
… has been funnelled into the fossil fuel industry by the world’s 60 leading banks since … billion into the same carbon-polluting industry. Members of Lloyd’s of London, the … worthless or at least significantly reduced in value. The world’s biggest banks and …
Teaching children about nature, and about how our economies meet our needs and impact on nature, is now essential.
… Carmichael | 18th January 2022 | Comment Education Economics Resurgence Trust EF … of the requirement to keep windows open during the pandemic. I once resented the … Transmission He devotes a whole chapter to education, writing, “If western civilisation is …
The House of Lords voted down the worst excesses of the Police Bill - which would have criminalised meaningful protest. But we need to keep protesting - and keep organising.
… Britain, independent of but clearly a product of Extinction Rebellion strategic … “locking on” a imprisonable office; the introduction of a new criminal offence of blocking … and against powers to ban any named individual “with a history of causing serious …
… by lockdowns and the curtailing of individual liberty, as a critical social obligation, … the new boundaries placed on our lives during the pandemic, it is important to note … and still is, a fact of life for many women, due to social norms, gender roles and threats …
Millennial generation leaders need urgent help to prepare for climate crisis ‘crunch point’, says report.
… will have to be achieved before you’re due to retire. That’s already a big enough … at the recent COP 26 global conference – to reduce the burden placed on future leaders. It …
'We had hit the buffers with farming, and we wanted to work with the land rather than battling against it. Nature just did its thing on our land.'
… what the future held. Though they have been dubbed ‘the King and Queen of Rewilding’, Tree … abandoning the use of pesticides, and introducing free-roaming herds of animals. “The … allowing hedgerows to grow out as buffers, reducing their pesticides or even considering …
The race to act on climate breakdown and ecological crisis is against time - rather than each other. Finland, though, is definitely way ahead of the UK.
… The first wooden satellite in the world is due to be launched this year. It is made from … solid wood composite material. Their products are made from wood chips and advanced … found in wooden properties. Woodio offer products ranging from bathtubs, toilets, wash …
Extinction Rebellion just dropped its new strategy. The key message: 'we need to take to the streets to challenge power'
… are unprecedented floods and fatalities. During these events Extinction Rebellion UK … of the environmental crisis baked into industrial (read, capitalist) society and to … - insulating and solar-panelling homes, reducing energy bills, making food banks a …
David Cameron promised to 'cut the green crap' to appease the right and the climate deniers in his party. But failing to insulate homes is now costing UK families £1.5 billion a year.
… through cut backs on helping households reduce energy waste,” said Darren Jones, a … MP who chairs the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee. “The true cost of … April to switch to heat pumps that don’t produce air pollution and that run on …
New research suggests strategies such as green roofs and vegetated parks will not be able to mitigate heat waves and flooding at the same time.
… cities around the world will not be able to reduce instances of heatwaves and flooding at the same time through the introduction of strategies such as green roofs, … the team show that the cooling or flood-reducing potential of green urban spaces depends …
Beyond Borders, a film by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), profiles the people behind the climate statistics - from the Arctic to Bangladesh.
Beyond borders Brendan Montague | 27th January 2022 | News Climate Breakdown Environmental Justice Foundation unknown.jpeg Beyond Borders, a film by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), …
Young people are turning eco-anxiety into empowerment.
… angry, powerless, helpless, and guilty”. Education The research, led by the University … people from a young age, which the education system often does, we are delaying … that the ‘hero mindset’ in the current education system encourages young people to …