The dramatic cuts in UK emissions suggested by the Government's preliminary figures are staggering - but we would be wrong to celebrate them
Recessions are unsustainable, but they sure cut emissions Mark Anslow | 30th March 2010 Comment Climate Change Politics And Economics edblog.jpg The dramatic cuts in UK emissions suggested by the …
The EU's system for trading carbon emissions has cost consumers dear, while delivering few carbon reductions. Reforms are urgently needed, write Luca Taschini & Josh Gregory, and first among these is to open the market up to public scrutiny.
Without transparency, Europe's carbon market reform will fail Luca Taschini Josh Gregory | 1st June 2014 Comment Climate Change EU Regulation Economics smokestack-glasgow-cut.jpg The EU's system for …
Stop spending public funds on carbon capture failure – researchers.
CCS? FFS Simon Pirani | 17th April 2023 | Comment Carbon Capture And Storage CCS Climate Investigations Centre Inflation Reduction Act Energy Editor’s Picks …
We need justice centred alternatives to the sustainable development mechanism of the Paris Agreement.
Real solutions to the climate crisis Nathan Thanki | 1st September 2021 | Comment Paris Agreement Climate Justice Perspectives On A Global Green New Deal paris-agreement-withdraw-donald-trump.jpeg We …
Copenhagen is where the future of our planet will be decided. So why is there such little media interest in the run-up to the talks, asks Phil England.
Halfway to Copenhagen Phil England | 2nd July 2009 Comment Comments Phil England Copenhagen Climate Change Small Island States copenhagenpic.jpg Copenhagen is where the future of our planet will be …
Denying the science of climate change is ill-informed, but then so is misreading a report to claim that the entire carbon market is flawed...
Climate deniers and Friends of the Earth are both wrong Dan Box | 17th February 2010 Comment Climate Change Natural World Climate Deniers Climate Sceptics Shell danboxcomment.jpg Denying the science …
Ewan travels south through Laos and Thailand, discovering a landscape that speaks of the awkward throes of industrialisation...
… finds NEWS Eco travel agent ditches carbon offsetting One of the first travel companies to offer carbon offsetting to customers has decided to remove …
Three decades of radical roots conservationism culminates in a sensational summit.
… predictions. Not so. The Redefining Carbon Offsetting talk saw Journalist, Tom Heap, … are then paid to plant it again as an act of offsetting. Which it is not!” Dr. Hotlin …
The aviation industry deserves credit for being proactive about looking for alternatives to fossil fuels, says Paul Steele from the Air Transport Action Group
… Airlines admit carbon reductions to come from offsetting Aviation sector wants to avoid a …
Come 31st of January - the day when international emissions cuts were supposed to be announced - carbon markets should have rocketed. They didn't, and that's a bad sign
What the carbon market did after Copenhagen: nothing Dan Box | 2nd February 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Carbon Trading Carbon Markets Climate Change danboxcomment.jpg Come 31st of January - …
The end of the oil age won't be a pretty thing, but a new report by Deutsche Bank suggests it could be even uglier than we feared...
Food riots will mark the end of oil Dan Box | 23rd November 2009 Comment Energy Peak Oil Oil Money Food And Farming danboxcomment.jpg The end of the oil age won't be a pretty thing, but a new report …
The unsung heroes of conservation, botanic gardens are quietly acting as 'arks' for our planets endangered plant species. And we should be very glad they are too...
… MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS What is biodiversity offsetting and how would it work? European …
For years the 'market mantra' has been to save forests by selling the carbon they embody, writes Chris Lang, harnessing the profit motive for the benefit of trees and climate. But it never worked, and now even former fans are admitting that REDD is just another failed conservation fad. So what next? How about asking local communities to manage their forests as commons?
REDD is dead. So now, how are we going to save the world's forests? Chris Lang | 11th February 2016 Comment Forests Conservation Climate Change Carbon Economics logging road in east kalimantan - …
A new report by Co-operatives UK and The Co-operative Group examines those investing time and money in installing solar panels, wind turbines or hydro-electric power for their local communities
… ANALYSIS The carbon con: the true cost of offsetting Exclusive film looks at allegations …
The most significant feature of COP21 is the topics that never even made it onto the agenda for discussion, writes Steffen Böhm. And the biggest of all the growth-driven economic system that ultimately thwarts all efforts at sustainability, as it drives ever increasing consumption of energy and resources.
… to outsource their responsibilities. Carbon offsetting will see an unprecedented growth in …
If radical vegan Ingrid Newkirk has her way, the nouvelle cuisine on vegetarian menus in five years time may be a big juicy steak.
Flask-Grown Flesh Jim Thomas | 20th July 2008 Comment Test Tube Meat PETA Biotechnology Factory Farming Food And Farming Science And Technology meat-facelg.jpg If radical vegan Ingrid Newkirk has her …
Climate change activists are regrouping post-Copenhagen – and some are reasserting their radical roots
Is the climate change movement splintering? Bibi van der Zee | 25th February 2010 Comment Climate Change Climate Camp Protest gen_logo_hi-res.jpg Climate change activists are regrouping …
Indigenous peoples, shifting cultivators and rural women lose out under the UN REDD+ programmes.
The failures in land diversity ambitions Alex Wijeratna | 2nd September 2021 | Comment Indigenous Peoples Deforestation Carbon Perspectives On A Global Green New Deal Conservation logging-cut.jpg …
Since 1948 the UN's Food and Agriculture has been clinging to an outmoded definition of 'forests' that includes industrial wood plantations, writes WRM in this Open Letter for delivery to the FAO today, International Forests Day. This mis-definition seriously harms real forests and forest peoples as it justifies the clearance of real forests and their replacement with cash crops of trees.
FAO: Plantations are not forests! World Rainforest Movement | 21st March 2017 Comment Forests Un Campaigning Indigenous Peoples eucalyptus_plantation_in_final_stages.jpg Since 1948 the UN's Food and …
The world's largest rainforest is under combined threat from deforestation and human-caused climate change. In an interview with the Ecologist, tropical forest expert Dr Simon Lewis explains what is happening
Dr Simon Lewis: we're playing Russian roulette with a large portion of the Amazon Tom Levitt | 27th May 2011 Comment Amazon Deforestation Climate Change Carbon Sink Carbon Emissions s_lewisbw.jpg Dr …