Laurence and Alison Matthews explain how the framework for the Paris Climate Change talks are set to skew the debate and distract us from the real agenda which should be to find a global solution to a global emergency.
… | 28th August 2015 Other Climate Change Global Warming banksy.jpg Laurence and Alison … the real agenda which should be to find a global solution to a global emergency. A drift at sea in a …
We are all aware that the weather is never quite the same from one year to the next. That is all part of the natural variability of climate. It is the task of climatologists to tease out any change to climate, such as global warming, from all that variability.
… | 1st February 2004 Other Climatologists Global Warming Fossil Fuel Goverment Global Warming Climate Change Archive_57.jpg … to tease out any change to climate, such as global warming, from all that variability. One …
A new global campaign that advocates 100% renewable energy aims to change the political mindset and make renewable energy 'the new normal'.
… World Future Council going global with 100% renewable energy Anne Reis | … Future Council worldfuturecouncil.jpg A new global campaign that advocates 100% renewable … policy and academia, have formed the first global campaign that advocates 100% renewable …
Andrew Mitchell highlights why we must recognise the true value of what our tropical rainforests provide for free.
… Global Canopy Andrew Mitchell | 26th April … the poor, security fears among governments, global demand for timber, and, more recently, … tonne of CO2 per hectare each year, adding up globally to a staggering 1 billion tonnes – …
Al Jazeera's five-part series, 'Corporations on Trial' looks at some of the rapidly growing law suits across the world today.
… Al Jazeera Film: <i>A Case of Global Proportions</i> The Ecologist | 11th … the Corporations on Trial series, A Case of Global Proportions visits Kivalina, a village … misinformation and 'false science' about global warming from the energy comapnies is …
While governments argue over responsibility for global warming, development experts are thinking about the humanitarian consequences for the world’s poor. Mara Hvistendahl reports from the United Nations.
… October 2007 Other Un Inequality Environment Global Warming Refugees Globalisation Human Rights Climate Change … governments argue over responsibility for global warming, development experts are …
An impassioned plea to the Mayor of London to chance his mind about the Silvertown Tunnel - based on local and global climate fears.
… the Silvertown Tunnel - based on local and global climate fears. Campaigners keep getting … system. Democratic And, if authorities in the global north keep building fossil-fuelled … is doing, people – first and foremost in the global south – will pay, with their lives and …
Tougher rules on fossil fuel investments could help avert economic disaster.
… industry. Members of Lloyd’s of London, the global insurance marketplace, alone … civilisations depend and the stability of the global climate. But it also represents a … to our compound environmental crises and our global economy – there is one simple solution …
The world’s leading environmental affairs magazine, now www.theecologist.org, was founded in 1970 by Edward Goldsmith. The magazine quickly became a platform for those who would go on to be the leading lights of the environmental movement
… environmental debate, notably by pointing to global climate change during the African … to highlight the contradictions of economic globalisation, the health effects of everyday … the political mainstream. To reach a wider, global audience, the magazine relaunched …
A sea change in attitudes to consumption and deforestation is happening worldwide, but will it be enough to save rainforests, asks Andrew Mitchell
… and land have become the new constraints on global food production, so land prices will … to eat through often corrupt and convoluted global supply chains. Traceability means … from buyers to processors to importers and global traders, to big ranches that import …
Creating regenerative urban systems is a key to solving the many interconnected crises of our times.
… energy and the rules of neo-liberal globalisation helped to transform the lives … economic powerhouses, in which 80 percent of global GDP is being produced. As centres of … both the wellbeing of city people and the global environment. The number of urban issues …
We live in violent and unpredictable times. What better time to focus on peace and listen to the voices of the peace-makers? Scilla Ellworthy challenges our assumptions about wars and presents a powerful strategy for building peace.
… makes a relatively few people extremely rich. Global military expenditure in 2015 was an … person in the world. The total value of the global arms trade in 2014 was at least US$94.5 … that cannot be dealt with by weaponry, namely global warming, migration, cyber attack and …
Tigers - subject of this month's unprecedented conservation summit in St Petersburg - are just one species being devastated by the illegal wildlife trade, as this unique advert featuring the Indiana Jones star explains
… to try and save the enigmatic big cats from global decimation. Participants in the summit … finances needed for the plan to succeed. The global illegal trade in wildlife has a … behavior. The group does this through global public awareness campaigns, field …
Seeing things differently is a good starting point for a shared ecological wellbeing, says Elaine Gilligan.
… to organise a national training event on global warming. Much to the amusement of the … featured a cartoon snowman lampooning global warming. Just over 20 years on, and … us. And alongside the growing evidence of global environmental and social problems is a …
Colin Tudge reports on The College of Real Farming and Food Culture; a project designed to tackle the current issues in global food production. The current system is not fit for purpose but through a holistic approach and an overhaul of current mainstream agriculture, achieving a balance between feeding the world and conserving the environment is within grasp.
… designed to tackle the current issues in global food production. The current system is … , which began in Italy in 1986, to the global peasant movement Via Campesina , which … de Liens. All that is needed to turn the global frustration into a critical mass is a …
Our current approach to climate change is strengthening the ideological substructure that is devouring our planet. Charles Eisenstein urges us to tackle the problem at a fundamental level and to focus on the health of humans and natural systems.
… the way to 'fight climate change' or 'combat global warming' (common phrases both), is to … have something in common. They emphasise the global over the local, the distant over the … break down, the results are unpredictable: global warming, perhaps, or global cooling, or …
In a recent Guardian newspaper poll, nine out of ten climate scientists said they did not believe political efforts to restrict average global warming to 2<sup>0</sup>C would succeed. Despite this two new papers in the April issue of Nature show that it is possible to conceive of an emissions trajectory that would keep within 2<sup>0</sup>C of global warming compared to pre-industrial times (the threshold defined by the EU between acceptable and dangerous climate change). Phil England speaks to one of the lead authors of the studies - Myles Allen of the Climate Dynamics team, University of Oxford - to draw out some of the implications for national and international policymakers. <a href=http://coinet.org.uk/discussion/climate_radio/ebcs>For more information.</a>
… believe political efforts to restrict average global warming to 2<sup>0</sup>C would … that would keep within 2<sup>0</sup>C of global warming compared to pre-industrial …
40 years ago Mike Allaby wrote about Tibetan exiles living in Wales and how their success points to hope for maintaining cultural diversity...
… The Ecologist September 1971: the onslaught of globalisation The Ecologist | 17th September … living in Wales were surrounding by a global society. In order to protect their … a living for their families around a larger global society. Allaby writes, ‘If ways can …
'China' has become the man-on-the-street's word to dismiss climate change campaigners. What is the future for global warming if China's growth continue apace? Where is the global economy headed? Mark and Paul fight it out...
… change campaigners. What is the future for global warming if China's growth continue apace? Where is the global economy headed? Mark and Paul fight it …
In the second part of a special programme looking at the significance of the Arctic in the context of climate change, Phil England hears about the rush to exploit the region's oil and gas supplies...
… | 27th July 2009 Other Climate Change Arctic Global Warming Oil climate_radio_new.gif In … melt; and the historic Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change and its …
Environmental campaigner and former politician Donnachadh McCarthy on the power of political lobbyists and the damage they do to democracy.
… But despite all this impressive positive global effort by humanity, the destruction … for example, was a lobbyist for the globally infamous Cayman Islands. And almost … tax havens closed. We have no time to lose. Global environmental catastrophes and the …
Do we need big solutions to big problems? Charles Eisenstein challenges the logic of 'bigness' and looks for answers in the principles of 'interbeing'.
… quiet. It devalues the very same things that global capitalism, patriarchy and technology … central bankers are powerless to fix the global economy, despite possessing the ability … away. Every act of compassion strengthens the global field of compassion; every choice of …