The BBC has announced the winners of its Green Sport Awards. Nice interview with ex-Arsenal, now Real Betis footballer Hector Bellerin, who buys secondhand clothes and rides his bike to the training ground.
Speaking of football, Pledgeball is back for another year, a campaign that gets football fans to compete against each other to see which fanbase is making the most green lifestyle changes. I am sceptical of the lifestyle approach, but it is fun and raises the conversation in accessible ways.
Which countries are building solar and wind power the fastest? Hannah Ritchie answers the question three different ways, which throws up a few surprises.
Covering Climate Now’s annual awards for climate journalism always have lots of extraordinary people and stories, and 2025 is no exception. Climate journalism is important and largely unsung, so drop in and browse the list of winners.
Al Jazeera have produced a striking series on climate change called Dying Earth. It’s all on Youtube and its ten half-hour episodes cover multiple angles on the crisis, from rising seas to biodiversity, displaced communities, to the rush for minerals for building green technologies.
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