Opinion// 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 — …
Opinion// 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 …
Opinion// 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 …
Opinion// 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), …
Opinion// Hidden Stories SeriesBoreal Forest: From carbon sink to sourceSeptember 20, 2022If you asked someone 10 years ago how they could help the environment, they’d have said to recycle.I can’t tell you how many poems, drawings and art competitions we had at school about the importance of separating plastic, garden and general waste. It was a lot. Today however, planting …
Opinion// Hidden Stories SeriesWhy climate action needs rhetoric to turn into plans, progress and policySeptember 1, 2022As the world’s leaders gather in New York for the U.N. General Assembly this week, the US has said it will be delivering a message many thought was not possible a few years back: to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and …
Opinion// Hidden Stories SeriesThe emissions no one seems to like talking aboutJuly 27, 2022When it comes to climate change, the focus tends to be on carbon dioxide. But hot on its heels is methane (CH₄), the second most important greenhouse gascontributing to the climate emergency.The UK, along with more than 100 other countries, made a pledge at the 2021 COP26 meeting …
Opinion// Hidden Stories SeriesThe rise of renewable tariffs: Are they as green as they seem?July 13, 2022Whatever your stance on energy (particularly given the recent cost of living crisis), renewable energy has increased in popularity in the last 20 years.In fact, renewables are set to account for almost 95% of the increase in global power capacity through 2026, with more than …