New inquiry into environmental diplomacy
The Foreign Affairs Committee (FCO) has announced today (March 27) the launch of a new inquiry into environmental diplomacy. The
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Climate Change
Marine species are changing as oceans warm, study shows
A global analysis of over 300 marine species spanning more than 100 years shows that mammals, plankton, fish, plants and
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Interview: Alice Bell, author, Can We Save The Planet?
Climate change campaigner, writer and researcher Alice Bell has recently published her first book ‘Can We Save the Planet? A
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Marine Protected Areas are necessary to protect the high seas, report says
Marine Protected Areas (MPA’s) are necessary to help manage the main threats facing marine life in the high seas, according
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Airlines should start paying fuel tax after Covid-19, says green group
Support airlines during the Covid-19 outbreak, but ensure that they start paying fuel tax after the pandemic is over, says
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Urban land could provide food to 15% of the population
Urban land could be used to improve the UK’s food security by providing fruit and vegetables to 15% of the
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Glasgow has joined Nature Group to improve green spaces
Glasgow has joined the Cities with Nature Group to enhance the value of nature in and around the city. The
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How changes brought on by Covid-19 could help tackle climate change
Glen Peters, research director at the Centre for International Climate and Environment Research in Oslo discusses the surprising impact that
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Interview: author Tom Oliver on individualism and climate change
Tom Oliver is a professor of applied ecology at the University of Reading and published his first book: ‘The Self
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Majority of EU citizens support a ban on short-haul flights
The majority of European citizens have said they would support a ban on short-distance flying to fight climate change, according
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World is on track for ‘worst case scenario’ sea level rise
Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice at a rate that is on track to meet the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
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Budget 2020: plastic tax and carbon capture funding announced – but is it enough?
The Budget was unveiled today (March 12) by Chancellor Rishi Sunak where he has announced plans to incentivise cleaner transport,
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The world is way off track to meet the Paris climate targets, UN report
The world is ‘way off track’ to meet the 1.5 or 2 degrees of warming targets that were set out
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UK employees ‘speaking up’ on climate change in the workplace
UK employees are ‘speaking up’ on climate change in the workplace more than ever before, a survey has found. The
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Amazon rainforest could become a savanna in 50 years
Large ecosystems such as the Amazon rainforest will collapse ‘alarmingly quickly’ once a crucial tipping point is reached, according to
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Awareness of climate change is not enough to facilitate action
Awareness of climate change is not enough to move people to action, according to a new study published yesterday (March
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Reducing air pollution could accelerate climate change
Dramatic cuts to air pollution in Europe and Asia could cause a short-term spike in temperatures and rainfall, according to
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Majority of the public believe climate change is the biggest threat of today
Three-quarters of the British public believe that climate change is the most serious issue of our time, according to a
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Businesses urged to increase their resiliance to climate change
Researchers from the University of Cambridge are urging businesses to increase their resilience to prepare for extreme weather events caused
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Climate change: how do I cope with our planet’s inevitable decline?
Neil Levy, a senior research fellow at the centre for practical ethics at the University of Oxford discusses why we
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