“Countries have never before agreed in UN climate negotiations to gradually stop burning all CO2-emitting fossil fuels, despite this being the main cause of climate change.” Can that change at COP28? Unlikely given it’s being chaired by a petro-state, but the EU are considering pitching for a phase-out of fossil fuels.
I’m a big fan of China’s sponge city idea, which has now spread well beyond China. Here’s NPR looking at whether or not they actually work.
Hurd is a new app that launched this week to help people do more about the climate in their workplaces – something 83% of people would like to do, apparently. On Hurd you can rank your workplace on their climate action, learn what you can do, and find a community of people facing similar challenges.
If you’re in London next weekend, look out for the Black British Book Festival at the Southbank. They were in Luton earlier this year and they have a great line-up.
On the off-chance that anyone is considering switching energy supplier, we’re with Ecotricity and they’re offering you and I both £100 if you switch. Just saying.
It’s International Repair Day today. Here’s a short video from Right to Repair on why their campaign matters, and a letter to sign.
Highlights from this week
The long road to sustainable Lego
This week I’m running two different climate education events where I’ll be using Lego. I have a number of Lego-based climate workshops and I’ll tell you about them another time. Depending on the audience though, I do get a recurring question: isn’t it a bit ironic to be using so much plastic in an environmental…
Connecting the debt crisis and the climate crisis
It’s been 23 years since the Jubilee Debt campaign’s big push to address the debts of low income countries. Despite some successes, the problem never went away and neither did the campaign. Now operating under the name Debt Justice, their latest report looks at the connections between debt and climate change. There is something of…
A just transition for the UK
The current Conservative government are busy feeding Britain’s climate leadership into the shredder at the moment. As always, there’s more going on behind the scenes of government. While the politicians tilt at their net zero windmills, thousands of people are getting on with climate action as best they can in government departments, devolved government and…
The Earthbound Report 