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 […]
RESET CONNECT AT LONDON CLIMATE ACTION WEEK 27th-28th JUNE 2023
Photo by Benjamin Davies You can attend the Reset Connect event at ExCel London on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th June and hear world-leading experts in sustainability discuss the latest innovations in sustainability, investing and technology. The conference kicks off with Kate Raworth, co-founder of the Doughnut Economics lab and goes onto cover issues ranging […]
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?’ […]
MAJOR GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY CONFERENCE IN LONDON: HEADLINE SPEAKERS 11th and 12th MAY
World-class speakers on global food systems, climate and biodiversity are attending the “Extinction or Regeneration” Conference in London, organised by Compassion in World Farming. The programme is shown below. Dame Jane Goodall DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace; Philip Lymbery, Global Chief Executive of Compassion in World Farming International; […]
IT’S AN URBAN JUNGLE OUT THERE
Describing the tangled roots that wrap around stone and weave through old corridors, Wilson paints a mystical picture of the ancient temple of Angkor Wat that has been consumed by the banyans. Some may see this image as a portrayal of ruin and degradation of civilisation, but author Ben Wilson points out that banyans were […]
XR’s THE BIG ONE OPENS IN LONDON
A calm, diverse and inclusive event opened today Friday 21st April in Westminster, London. Organised by Extinction Rebellion in coalition with over 200 environmental and social organisations, a wide range of people attended. From babies-in-buggies to elders sporting badges, there were homemade cardboard placards proudly carried for hours between pickets and the main stage. Government […]
INDIAN HEATWAVES AT THE LIMIT OF HUMAN SURVIVAL
Photo by Raghu Nayyar As temperatures approached 50°C, March 2022 saw India reach its highest temperatures since records began over 100 years ago, and 2023 may push those records even higher. The northwestern regions are the worst affected by this heat and unlike the sparsely populated Sahara and inland Arabian peninsula (the only other regions […]
NEW COAL MINE PLACES PRESSURE ON UK CLIMATE TARGETS
Image Credit – Dominik Vanyi The UK government has given the go-ahead for the first new deep coal mine in decades Approval for the development of the mine in Copeland, Cumbria, UK has been a lengthy process, taking eight years of negotiations and having been pushed back three times.1 However, an enquiry nearing 400 pages […]
THE WINNERS OF THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE 2022
Image Credit – Noah Buscher Protect and Restore Nature: Kheyti, India Kheyti, an Indian start-up, has developed a solution to the challenges that small-hold farmers face as rising temperatures affect harvests. This small greenhouse offers crops shelter from extreme weather and destructive pests, and also provides small-hold farmers with end-to-end support to ensure they use […]
NEW LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND COMPENSATES VULNERABLE COUNTRIES FOR CLIMATE INEQUALITIES
Image Credit – Adeel Shabir A monumental agreement has been struck by G77 nations on a new loss and damage fund. The documents were published on Sunday morning, (20th November) over 36 hours after negotiations at COP27 were scheduled to end. The proposal finally made it onto the agenda of this year’s global climate summit […]
