The next Chernobyl scale nuclear disaster could happen in Chernobyl as the Ukraine conflict intensifies.
… go to war, putting nuclear power plants at risk of deliberate or accidental military strikes and thus risking a Chernobyl scale catastrophe. … shut down its reactors in order to minimise risks. That would be a manageable and wise …
Protection of ancient woods and trees is under threat, and so too is the ability of the UK to hit its net zero targets and act against the impacts of climate change, warn campaigners.
… Ancient woodlands at risk under new government plans Steve Marsh | … for public goods, like planting trees, is at risk. Soon we may see the UK lose more trees, … habitats like ancient woods under increased risk instead of protecting these crown jewels …
Extinction Rebellion member Sarah was found guilty following the "uprising" in London last summer. Here, we publish her statement to the court.
… article first appeared at People and Nature . Risk This is the mitigating statement she read … last 16 years, trying to protect children at risk of harm in order to ensure take they have … There has never been a bigger safeguarding risk than climate breakdown. I joined XR …
Exposing the international failure to investigate, let alone treat, climate-related mental health issues in the Global South.
… The Global South is far more at risk than the Global North from … with mental disorders and increased suicide risk in several countries. While it is … specified along with some causal pathways and risk factors to identify. Comparatively, …
Several nuclear facilities in Ukraine have been attacked by the Russian military over the past fortnight.
… nuclear power plants pose by far the greatest risks. Ukraine has 15 power reactors located … could be similar to that of Fukushima." The risks of the military attack were all the … to operate reactors would minimise the risk of a military attack on the nuclear …
We need a new economics that centres our dependence on the environment to understand the coming instability of climate breakdown.
… their underlying structural parameters. Risk This might, arguably, describe a national … policy and attempts to account for “systemic risk”. Climate change itself gets treated as one such systemic risk amongst many . But the underlying model …
The climate crisis - and the inaction of world leaders - is having a very real impact on the mental health of people, young and old. (Trigger warning: suicide).
… warning: suicide). Burn-out is a real risk among climate activists. It is also a … studies: flooding and storms can increase the risk of depression by 50 percent; wildfires … systematically linked to increased suicide risk, and already 60,000 people in India have …
The UK government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at risk.
… puts the very laws protecting wildlife at risk. One in every ten species across England … is clear: “The biggest medium to long term risk to the UK’s domestic production comes …
The aviation industry’s climate impact will be the same in 2050 as now under its ‘Fly Net Zero’ greenwash climate plan.
… It also stands to put global biodiversity at risk and compete with food production without … production for human consumption and increase risks of land grabbing for crops for biofuel …
Ecosocialism is posited as a solution of appropriate ambition to prevent breakdown. But what is ecosocialism? Is it ecological? And do we all have to be socialist now?
… meanings and concludes that ecosocialism risks being too narrowly ‘socialist’ to gain … goes on to suggest that these activists risk falling into elitist radicalism. The …
The UK Government ‘energy security’ strategy threatens more oil and gas - and more climate breakdown.
… to commodity price volatility and stranding risk." The UK gets only four percent of its … UK’s energy security, because of the risk of stranded assets. Promise 2. Build …
The government’s recent approval of the proposal to open a new coking coal mine in West Cumbria is an example of such climate nationalism in action.
… governmental approval of this mine therefore risks becoming a symptom of a wider decline of … with controlling its boundaries, and risks failing to engage effectively with …
We should be able to access our daily needs - home, work, education, care, shopping, socialising - within a 15-minute walk or bike ride.
… to try something different, to take a risk and move our society forward.” Out Now! … their exposure to air pollution. There is a risk that efforts to create 15-minute cities …
Green gentrification is a looming crisis - we must pay attention to who profits from, and who is exploited by, the built environment system.
… to raising awareness about the exact flood risks a settlement faces. However, if just … A significant number of people facing weather risks and needing retrofit are therefore …
Just Stop Oil has followed Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion in taking climate action to the streets - but will its strategy cut through to the public?
… protestors put their lives and others’ at risk by invading the track during the first …
Big polluters have no place using sport as a billboard - let’s kick them out.
… of English league football grounds will be at risk from flooding every season, while one in … sponsorship in sport, but there’s a real risk that it will become further normalised …
'If you could mine salt from their grief and tears, Slovyansk would be a leader of salt-making.'
… measures or social benefits. Miners faced the risk of injury or death at the state-owned … and the entire ecosystem. The environmental risk and feasibility analyses were never …