Climate change is the result of long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. While some of these shifts may occur naturally, human activities have been the primary driver of climate change since the 1800s. The burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and gas, releases heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, exacerbating the problem.
Environment
— Beef production consumes a lot of water, but not all water sources are equal. Blue water from rivers and aquifers is more precious than green water from rainfall. The amount of blue water used for beef depends on the farming system and location.
Climate Change
— 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
— Keir Starmer pledges to end new UK oil and gas exploration – an expert’s take on why this is the right move.
Environment
— The ex-cabinet minister’s comments have been described as a ‘damning indictment’ of the Conservative government.
Environment
— Extinction Rebellion has eschewed disruptive protest in the pursuit of ‘building relationships’.
Stats
— 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
— Striking pushes against the core capitalist dynamics also responsible for global warming.
Investigation
— 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
— The government’s pro-climate rhetoric has met reality – and it doesn’t look good.
Environment
— 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
— 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 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
— A departmental redesign is useful, but progress still depends on political will.
Climate Change
— Labour has accepted £12,000 from the UK’s largest carbon emitter, major polluter Drax. Why?
Climate Change
— 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 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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