Tag archives for climate change
Is opposing HS2 the best use of the left’s political energy?
Unlike most infrastructure projects, HS2 has potential ecological benefits, which means that environmentalists have to choose between two harmful options. Yet we cannot consider HS2 in the abstract: we must…
If the left is serious about tackling climate change, we need to back HS2
Sections of the UK’s terminally incoherent environmental movement have chosen High Speed 2 (HS2) as their latest object of opposition. The planned high-speed rail system was first proposed in 2009…
Number of UK universities committed to divest from fossil fuels reaches 86
The total number of UK universities to publicly commit to not investing in fossil fuels has reached 86. The university of Brighton has joined the majority of universities in the…
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine divests from all fossil fuels
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has committed to exclude all companies involved in fossil fuel extraction form its investment portfolio. In doing so LSHTM becomes the…
Degrowth: Resource Guide
Image credit via pasa47 under CC BY Given the worsening climate emergency, many environmentalists on the left are talking about degrowth – a model of economic thinking which rejects the…
“There is an alternative” – Young Greens co-chairs speech to Green Party conference
On Friday 5 March 2021, the Young Greens co-chairs Rosie Rawle and Lily Fitzgibbon gave a keynote speech to the Green Party of England and Wales conference, held virtually due…
There’s no perfect route to net-zero by 2030, but we still need to get there
The government likes to brandish its “legally binding” 2050 net-zero carbon emissions goal like a protective sword. See we’re “world-leading”, they cry, even while the independent Committee on Climate Change…
Student campaigners call for Barclays to be kicked off campuses for good
Student campaigners have called for five UK universities to refuse the return of Barclays branches to campuses. The students argue that the bank is fueling the climate crisis due to…
Trinity College Cambridge commits to divest from fossil fuels
Image credit: Rafa Esteve - Creative Commons Trinity College, Cambridge has announced it intends to terminate all direct and indirect investments in the fossil fuel industry. The move comes after…
How Lewes is planning to reach net zero by 2030
I’ve worked on climate change for 20 years as an officer at local authorities, managing Climate South East and currently as Climate Lead for the Sussex Wildlife Trust. During this…