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 …
New analysis of the vast body of research shows 97% of climate scientists agree that human activities are fuelling climate change, writes Tim Radford. But thanks to aggressive attempts to convince us otherwise, only 12% of people in the US are aware of this high level of agreement.
… Almost all climate scientists agree: climate change is real! Tim Radford | 19th April 2016 News Sciance Climate Change Media Politics US …
Anti-EU sentiment and climate change denialism go hand in hand, writes Kyla Mandel. But why? Partly it's down to a belief in unconstrained national sovereignty and economic freedom - threatened by the EU and climate change alike. But it's also because out of the EU, the UK could advance the anti-environment agenda the deniers so passionately believe in, with no one to get in the way.
… Why are the UK's climate change deniers so desperate to get us … DeSmog.uk | 25th January 2016 Comment EU UK Climate Change Regulation Politics … wind-copenhagen-cut.jpg Anti-EU sentiment and climate change denialism go hand in hand, …
Those most affected by climate change are those least responsible and the international policy frameworks in place to protect them don't work making it a moral issue. But we must believe that the larger goals of environmental sustainability and social justice can be achieved - if we just work together writes Asoka Bandarage
… Change The System - Not The Climate Asoka Bandarage | 16th June 2016 Comment Climate Change Paris Agreement Social Justice Faith Morality Indigenous People climate change is a moral issue.jpg Those most …
After a succession of the hottest years and months ever recorded, climate is a hot topic, writes Liz Hutchins. But BBC1's 'Big Questions' climate change debate last Sunday completely missed the point. Instead of debating the only real question - how should we respond? - the BBC ran yet another repeat of the so-over 'believers versus deniers' ding-dong. Why do they still not get it?
… There's only one real climate change debate, BBC: what should we do … of the Earth | 22nd March 2016 Comment Climate Change Media Science Politics UK … the hottest years and months ever recorded, climate is a hot topic, writes Liz Hutchins. …
ExxonMobil has long known that climate change is real and dangerous, write Louise Rouse & Naomi Ages, while denying it in public and supporting climate change deniers. Now they accuse their critics of 'chilling' climate science and the search for solutions. The truth is the precise opposite.
… Exxon is the one guilty of 'chilling' climate science! Louise Rouse Naomi Ages … Comment Fossil Fuels Oil Corporations Law Climate Change USA exxon-cut.jpg ExxonMobil has long known that climate change is real and dangerous, write …
If tonight's first televised lives debate between the US presidential candidates is anything like previous UK TV hustings climate change won't get a look in - let alone a mention. US voter and blogger ETHAN MILLER takes a personal overview of what they likely won't be saying
… Candidates' First Televised Debate - will climate change and action get a mention? Ethan Miller | 26th September 2016 Comment Climate Change Climate Action US Presidential Elections …
Cara is one of the Ecologist's New Voices contributors. An Irish-American environmental scientist and climate communicator living in Ireland, she lectures in climate change at University College Dublin and blogs and vlogs as ‘The Verdant Yank'. Here she challenges all environmental scientists to demand action on Climate Change from the politicians still turning a blind eye
… Cara Augustenborg 6th July 2016 Comment Climate Change Politics Paris Climate Agreement Activism Change cara.jpg … An Irish-American environmental scientist and climate communicator living in Ireland, she …
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has handed the environment portfolio to the energy minister in an attempt to calm climate sceptics. But will it work? Ecologist writer Maxine Newlands reports.
… Australian Climate Sceptics Challenge Clean Energy Plan … Australia Energy Great Barrier Reef Climate Change frydenberg tweet 3.jpg … to the energy minister in an attempt to calm climate sceptics. But will it work? Ecologist …
The key study that justifies the Government's claim that fracking is a climate change 'solution' is based on serious scientific errors, writes Nick Cowern. Not only has the Government failed to correct them, but it is now delaying the publication of a new official report that would reveal the truth - that fracking is considerably worse for the world's climate than coal.
… Nick Cowern | 15th June 2016 News Fracking Climate Change Emissions Science Energy Coal … the Government's claim that fracking is a climate change 'solution' is based on serious … is considerably worse for the world's climate than coal. Some time early this decade …
In its decision to leave the EU, the UK is cutting itself off from one of the world's most effective systems of climate governance, write Tim Rayner & Brendan Moore. But we still have our own Climate Change Act and can lead the EU, if not as a member, at least by example - provided current and future Conservative Party leadership make their commitment clear, and implement their promises.
… The UK can still lead on climate change - even after Brexit Tim Rayner Brendan Moore | 8th July 2016 News Climate Change Brexit Politics Emissions EU UK … one of the world's most effective systems of climate governance, write Tim Rayner & Brendan …
Donald Trump has made some big policy flips since his election victory, writes Travis N. Rieder. But will the flippery extend to climate change? The danger is not just that America's emissions could soar under a Trump Presidency, but that other nations may follow suit. We must work to make sure he recognises his moral responsibility to humanity. The lives of millions depend on it!
… Mr. Trump: your climate policy will impact the lives of of … University | 30th November 2016 Comment Climate Change Politics USA COP22 … N. Rieder. But will the flippery extend to climate change? The danger is not just that …
Now that the US is signed up to ambitious Paris targets to limit warming, it too must play its part in keeping fossil fuels under the ground, write leading US campaigners. So let's make an immediate start by halting all new federal oil and gas leasing on public lands pending a full climate and environmental impact study.
… Guardians | 15th January 2016 Comment Climate Change Fossil Fuels Oil Gas … gas leasing on public lands pending a full climate and environmental impact study. Dear … environmental impact study of the climate impacts of the federal onshore oil and …
One of the world's biggest energy companies has been caught out in what may be the biggest ever climate scandal, writes Bill McKibben. Way back in the 1980s ExxonMobil knew of the 'potentially catastrophic' and 'irreversible' effects of increasing fossil fuel consumption, but chose to cover up the findings, spread misinformation on climate change, and go for high carbon energy sources.
… Scandal! Exxon knew about climate change, boosted denialism, misled … Bill McKibben | 9th March 2016 News Energy Climate Change US Politics exxon.jpg One of … caught out in what may be the biggest ever climate scandal, writes Bill McKibben. Way …
Key to the Leave campaign's success was its focus on 'core values' like patriotism, independence and cultural purity, writes George Marshall, summed up in simple memes like 'defending our borders'. The Remainers' reliance on elite and expert opinion was hopelessly flat-footed - and went against everything climate campaigners have learned about winning over public opinion.
… the Remainers got it so wrong: the lessons of climate change campaigning George Marshall | 26th July 2016 Activism Brexit Climate Change Campaigning Politics UK EU … flat-footed - and went against everything climate campaigners have learned about winning …
Campaigners fear that the abolition of DECC, the department of energy and climate change, indicates that climate will take a low priority in Theresa May's policy agenda. Meanwhile the pro-fracking, pro-nuclear Andrea Leadsom is in charge of environment department Defra.
… | 14th July 2016 News Politics UK Energy Climate Change Brexit Economics … of DECC, the department of energy and climate change, indicates that climate will take a low priority in Theresa …
With today's climate change report sounding a red alert for the UK's national security, Theresa May's response to it will mark the first major test of her leadership when she takes over as Prime Minister tomorrow, writes Ecologist New Voices writer Joe Ware. Imminent climate-related dangers demand urgent, effective, cross-departmental action - but will she step up to the mark?
… Fit to rule over us? Theresa May's response to climate hazard report will be her first big test Joe Ware | 12th July 2016 News Climate Change Politics UK COP21 theresa-may-cut.jpg With today's climate change report sounding a red alert for …
The Paris Agreement provides a clear mandate to limit global warming, writes Jeremy Brecher. And with governments doing nowhere near enough, it's up to ordinary citizens - through civil disobedience if needs be - to make sure the world breaks free from fossil fuels. Let's make 2016 the year of 'Climate Insurgency'!
… After Paris, the year of Climate Insurgency Jeremy Brecher | 13th January 2016 Comment Climate Change COP21 Fossil Fuels Energy … fossil fuels. Let's make 2016 the year of 'Climate Insurgency'! In December of 2015 - the …
A day of workshops, speakers and updates on the climate crisis organised by Friends of the Earth, PCS and This Changes Everything. Join them in London on 30th January to plan the next step in the fight to protect people and planet after the Paris climate talks.
… Climate Rising Friends of the Earth | 15th January 2016 News Climate Change Events Foe climate_rising_istock.jpg A day of workshops, …
At first glance the abolition of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) tolled a death knell for UK action on global warming. However, rising from the ashes is a new department that has the potential to put the climate agenda at the very heart of Government.
… Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy put climate change centre stage? Joe Ware | 19th July 2016 Comment Climate Change Decc Greens Politics Renewables climate change action.jpg At first glance the …
International investors worth a collective $24 trillion have warned car manufacturers that they must 'get with the beat' on climate change, writes Terry Macalister. If car makers fail to shift to low emission models, they will face a large-scale sell-off of their shares.
… tells car industry: it's time to act on climate! Terry Macalister | 12th October 2016 … News Finance Corporations Transport Emissions Climate Change 12th Octobver 2016 … that they must 'get with the beat' on climate change, writes Terry Macalister. If …
With the election of a 'climate hoaxer' to the US presidency James Dyke's normal optimism that we will deal with climate change in time to avoid the most catastrophic impacts has run out. Now his fears are compounded by the likely appointment of the US's leading climate change denier to run the EPA.
… After Trump, no place for climate optimism James Dyke University of Southampton | 15th November 2016 Comment Climate Change Politics USA COP22 … With the election of a 'climate hoaxer' to the US presidency James …
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, …
The COP22 climate conference in Marrakech was given an impossible mandate: to make the Paris Agreement happen, write Alexander Pfeiffer, Elizabeth Dirth & Alex Clark. But it failed. The task now falls to civil society - and to succeed we must move beyond the alienating discourse of science and diplomacy, and show marginalised communities that climate solutions can also deliver for them.
… Dirth Alex Clark | 23rd November 2016 News Climate Change Paris Agreement COP22 COP21 … credit - alex pfeiffer_1-cut.jpg The COP22 climate conference in Marrakech was given an … and show marginalised communities that climate solutions can also deliver for them. …