Tag archives for climate change
Taking on insurance is key to the battle against coal
In that final plenary session at COP26 in Glasgow, the weaknesses of international climate summits were laid to bare. A simple word change from a “phase out” to a “phase…
Mice and elephants – what really matters in the decarbonisation of transport
At the end of this year I am going to retire from teaching and researching sustainable transport. Since I stopped flying in 2005 I haven’t been outside Western Europe, so…
The UK needs to sign up to the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance to keep 1.5 alive
In the WWF briefing on the progress of the COP26 climate talks yesterday, its Climate & Energy Global Practice Leader Manuel Pulgar Vidal said, in reference to the agreement announced…
Lancaster becomes 92nd UK university to divest from fossil fuels
Lancaster University has announced that it will divest all of its investment portfolios from fossil fuel companies. The announcement - a major victory for the student divestment movement - will…
What would Green central banking look like?
The path to net zero runs through the City of London. We can all cycle more, insulate our homes, replace gas boilers with heat pumps but if the financial services…
UK ministers can either watch the world burn or let the real world in at COP26
In April 2021, the President of COP26, Alok Sharma, tweeted that ‘to host a successful, inclusive COP26 this November, both youth and civil society must be at the heart of both our…
Green Party commits to £50 billion per year in international aid and climate finance
Green Party members have voted to support increasing the UK's international aid and climate finance to a projected £50bn per year by 2030 to enable the Global South to respond…
COP26: Asking the wrong questions
Will COP26 be a success? Will it be the breakthrough moment, when a historic deal is agreed that turns a corner in the trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions and…
My journey from direct action to Green Party leadership candidate
When I left university in 2007, no-one was talking about the climate and ecological emergency. The Labour government were proposing a third runway at Heathrow Airport and there was very…
7 things I’ve learned as a climate activist
I have been active in the climate justice movement for almost seven years to the day. I was part of environmental campaigns at college, but it really started for me…