GEORGE MONBIOT GETS BACK TO THE LAND IN REGENESIS
George Monbiot is a serious guy. He’s an eco-activist at the cliff face of climate change, challenging greenwashing, fossil fuel marketeers and political/corporate corruption at the highest levels. I managed to make him laugh while he signed my copy of Regenesis at the Byline Festival for social change (2023, Dartington Hall, Devon). “Don’t say cheese, […]
CAROLINE LUCAS PRESENTS ENERGY BILL AMENDMENT IN ATTEMPT TO END NEW FOSSIL FUEL EXTRACTIONS
Here is part of Caroline Lucas’s report by email (10 September 2023): This week Parliament came back after a summer break that’s seen the PM abandon any pretence of protecting our climate or nature. Over the summer holidays, his Government said yes to hundreds of new licences to drill for oil and gas in the […]
Sir Jonathon Porritt: Don’t Trust the Government to Tackle the Climate Crisis
Photograph by Ian Cylkowski “The UK is the world’s best target setter!” One or two attendees clap. “But that doesn’t mean we know how to deliver.” Oh. On the morning of Wednesday 28th June 2023, at the sustainability event Reset Connect, Sir Jonathon Porritt 0 co-founder of Forum for the Future, campaigner and author – […]
FROM ANTHROPOCENTRIC TO ECOCENTRIC: What the World needs now
On Wednesday 7th June 2023, ClientEarth gathered a panel of experts and professionals for the conference, Bridging the Divide – How to Discuss Climate Change? to explore the fundamental question, ‘In an era of increasing political and social polarisation, how do we come together to discuss a crisis that affects us all – climate change?’ […]
MY EXTINCTION: EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW SCREENING 6 JULY LONDON
When climate anxiety starts to take over the life of one father, we witness a journey of personal, existential fears, practical and psychological discoveries. Which propagandists have contributed to our denial of an impending crisis? Can we act on our privilege? Will protest save us? On Thursday 6th July in London, you can attend a […]
SCIENCE MUSEUM UNDER XR SCRUTINY FOR SPONSORSHIP
On 29th March 2023, Extinction Rebellion (XR) took to the halls of The Science Museum in London during the ‘Lates’ event to protest Adani Green Energy’s sponsorship of the new Energy Revolution gallery. Adani Green Energy is a smaller branch of the parent company Adani Group, an India-based multinational industrial conglomerate reported to be heavily […]
IPCC REPORT 2023: QUANTUM LEAP NEEDED TO AVOID CLIMATE DISASTER
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s meeting in Switzerland on 20th March 2023 highlighted the urgent need for climate action in order to stick to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°c. This requires a global emission peak by 2025, a 43% emission reduction by 2030, 65% by 2035, and […]
NEW EU REGULATIONS TAKE A STANCE AGAINST GREENWASHING
Image Credit – Michael Fousert The European Union (EU) is planning to impose penalties on companies that make false or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of their products and services in an attempt to combat corporate greenwashing, according to leaked draft legislation seen by European news website EURACTIV.1 The proposal, set to be tabled […]
FRANCE IS PIONEERING THE MOVE TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY – COULD THE UK LEARN A THING OR TWO?
Image Credit – Philippe Murray-Pietsch Over recent years, France has introduced a number of sustainable development strategies and coherent policies that aim to promote a more circular economy. Chiefly, The 2020 Anti-Waste Law, also called AGEC Law, (translates to Loi relative à la lute contre le gaspillage et a l’économie circulaire) lays out a variety […]
EXTINCTION REBELLION ACTIVISTS TARGET MICHAEL GOVE’S OFFICE IN RESPONSE TO CUMBRIA COAL MINE DECISION
Image Credit – @XrebellionUK Extinction Rebellion (XR) staged a bold protest outside the Department of Levelling Up, Housing & Communities in London on Monday, (17th January) in response to the UK government’s recent decision allowing the development of a new coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria.1 The deep coal mine, set to be the UK’s first […]
