Climate Change

Ecological doom-loops: Why ecosystem collapses may occur much sooner than expected – new research

— Using computer models to simulate how different stresses and events can trigger tipping points in forests, lakes, lagoons and islands, scientists warn that more than 20% of the world’s ecosystems are at risk of collapsing due to human pressures and climate extremes.

OPINION

Why Labour is right to stop future UK oil and gas development

— Keir Starmer pledges to end new UK oil and gas exploration – an expert’s take on why this is the right move.

Environment

‘We have to stop demonising oil and gas’, Jacob Rees-Mogg told UAE investment chief

— The ex-cabinet minister’s comments have been described as a ‘damning indictment’ of the Conservative government.

Environment

Extinction Rebellion gave it ‘the Big One’ with a four-day peaceful protest – now what?

— Extinction Rebellion has eschewed disruptive protest in the pursuit of ‘building relationships’.

Stats

Five most prepared countries for the green tech transition

— The US, Sweden, Singapore, Switzerland, and the Netherlands are the top five prepared countries to use frontier technologies, while Guinea, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the least prepared.

OPINION

Why strike action is climate action

— Striking pushes against the core capitalist dynamics also responsible for global warming.

Investigation

Tory MPs accept £20,000 from director of climate science denial group

— Leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt is among those to have received funds from a firm owned by a former chair of the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

Climate Change

Climate change is accelerating – and the UK government is ‘strikingly unprepared’

— The government’s pro-climate rhetoric has met reality – and it doesn’t look good.

Environment

When the Daily Mail sees lawyers standing up for the environment, they get mad

— Jo Maugham, Director of the Good Law Project, is leading the way in advocating for a future free from fossil fuel interests. Along with 120 other legal professionals, he has signed a Declaration of Conscience to take a stand against representing organizations with ties to the fossil fuel industry.

Climate Change

IPCC report: Climate solutions exist, but humanity has to break from the status quo and embrace innovation

— The IPCC report discusses changes ahead and describes how existing solutions can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help people adjust to impacts of climate change that can’t be avoided.

Environment

The Government is still “considering” how to improve its Net Zero Strategy with just a month to go

— The High Court has ordered Ministers to update their plan and demonstrate how policies will achieve Net Zero climate targets by March 2023. Despite this, the Government is only “considering the next steps”.

Climate Change

How climate change could fare in the UK’s new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

— A departmental redesign is useful, but progress still depends on political will.

Climate Change

Labour accepted £12,000 from major polluter Drax

— Labour has accepted £12,000 from the UK’s largest carbon emitter, major polluter Drax. Why?

Climate Change

Exxon scientists accurately forecast climate change back in the 1970s – What if we had listened to them and acted then?

— A climate expert imagines how different things could have been if we took global warming seriously decades earlier.

Climate Change

Tory-linked think tank appoints ‘brazen’ climate denier as director

— Tory-linked think tank appoints the author of books which claim that environmentalism is part of a “totalitarian” plan to control the public and human-made climate change is a “myth”.

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Rainforest offset credits likely to be “phantom credits”

— More than 90% of the world’s leading carbon offsets provider’s rainforest offset credits are likely to be “phantom credits” and do not represent genuine carbon reductions.