Climate// Hidden Stories SeriesCOP27: Tears of joy or more frustration?November 21, 2022In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, Indigenous leaders are engaged in a crucial battle—not only for the preservation of their ancestral lands but also for the stability of the global climate.However at Ubuntu HQ, we had our optimistic hats on and recently published a blog detailing what we …
Climate// Hidden Stories SeriesA shift in the wind: Investment in renewables is on the upNovember 16, 2022In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, Indigenous leaders are engaged in a crucial battle—not only for the preservation of their ancestral lands but also for the stability of the global climate.For years, capital investments in oil and gas have oustripped their renewable counterparts. …
Climate// Hidden Stories SeriesOverfishing and warming seas are putting species at riskNovember 9, 2022In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, Indigenous leaders are engaged in a crucial battle—not only for the preservation of their ancestral lands but also for the stability of the global climate.The topic of fishing often comes up in the climate debate. Multiple pieces of research have …
Climate// Hidden Stories SeriesChina’s going green, but is it fast enough?October 31, 2022Over the past few weeks, climate eyes have been fixed firmly on China — the world’s biggest CO2 emitter — as it held its party congress where President Xi Jinping was confirmed as the party leader for a historic third term.What they were waiting to hear, however, wasn’t …
Climate// Hidden Stories SeriesA review of ELMS could spell disaster for the British environmentOctober 20, 2022In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, Indigenous leaders are engaged in a crucial battle—not only for the preservation of their ancestral lands but also for the stability of the global climate.Beef, dairy, and raising other livestock have all been touted as emission-heavy practices — …
Climate// Hidden Stories SeriesKing Charles III: A King not cool with global warmingOctober 17, 2022No matter what you thought about our former reigning monarch, Elizabeth II, no one could deny that she played the role of impartiality extremely well.The mere thought of the Queen expressing an opinion or political bias was simply unimaginable during her reign — a notion that …
Climate// Hidden Stories SeriesFrom Code Red to Code Crimson: How climate change is affecting our biodiversity at exponential ratesOctober 14, 2022If we were in code red before, we’re now in code crimson.The current climate and nature crisis is not only an environmental issue, but an economic, development, security, social, moral and ethical issue too. Our world’s most vulnerable people, places and wildlife …
Climate// Hidden Stories SeriesRethinking endless growth with Doughnut EconomicsSeptember 28, 2022It’s 2012, and University of Oxford economics professor Kate Raworth sits at her desk.She’s re-assessing her views on the world humanity aspires to live in to help shape a better paper. Putting pen to paper, she goes through countless iterations until… finally… she lands on something that looks both novel …
Climate// Hidden Stories SeriesWe’re entering the next level of the fossil fuel crisis, and we don’t even realiseSeptember 26, 2022We’re in a fossil fuel crisis but we can’t solve it with more fossil fuels.BBC News recently proposed some ideas to tackle Britain’s energy bill crisis — from capping energy profits, to selling clean energy at a discount. And I’m pretty …
Climate// Hidden Stories SeriesThe significance of Denmark breaking ranks to provide climate funding for developing nationsSeptember 26, 2022In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, Indigenous leaders are engaged in a crucial battle—not only for the preservation of their ancestral lands but also for the stability of the global climate.Vague “promises” have been made countless times (the last back at COP26), …