If you had $1,000 to give to help stop climate change, where would you make those donations? Grist ask the question and get part way to an answer.
Pollution is a racial justice issue, and that is more widely known in the US than in Britain. Good article on the subject by the World Resources Institute.
On the subject of justice, half of all global emissions from aviation are from 1% of the global population.
Assembly is the magazine from the Malala Foundation, and the latest issue is guest edited by Greta Thunberg. Assembly publishes “original work by girls, for girls”, but when these two work together, you want to pay attention.
An aspect of climate change that is rarely discussed, and even more rarely among the developing countries that are most vulnerable – so good work by Vice in addressing PTSD in children in Zimbabwe following cyclone Idai.
The government announced its 10 point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution. I haven’t written about it because everyone else has, but I’m going to come back to it in future posts. In the meantime, here are the ten points and the government’s plans in more detail.
This week’s posts, for those catching up:
The countries cancelling coal
There was a positive news story this week about how three quarters of plans for new coal power stations have been cancelled since the Paris Agreement in 2015. 44 countries are now committed to no new coal power. The Guardian covered the story here. I like this story for two reasons. First, obviously, because of […]
Why it’s okay to fly for international climate talks
The communications charity Climate Outreach released some research recently about how the upcoming COP26 climate talks are perceived in the UK. They found that awareness of them is very low, but that when explained, people are supportive. They understand the stakes, and after the experience of COVID-19, there is a possibility that “a more global […]
The many flavours of hydrogen
Last week I introduced a new series on hydrogen. It’s a gas with all kinds of possibilities for a new energy future, because it burns clean. But it has to be made, and how you make it matters. If it’s made with renewable energy, you’ve got yourself a legitimately clean fuel. If you’re making your […]
Book review: Great Adaptations, by Morgan Phillips
Morgan Phillips is a director of The Glacier Trust, a charity working with communities affected by climate change in Nepal. In getting involved in that work, he says that he has been shocked at how little attention the environmental movement pays to the issue of adaptation. Climate adaptation is treated with caution because the movement […]
