climate change// Hidden Stories SeriesIndigenous communities are critical in our fight to protect our lands and seasDecember 13, 2022As the UN COP15 focuses talks on biodiversity in Montreal, there’s a growing realisation that globally, we’re not as prepared as we need to be in our bid to protect and conserve 30 per cent of the world’s land and sea by …
climate change// Hidden Stories SeriesThe new era of the climate movement: How to make action happenDecember 9, 2022I got asked the other day if I thought that the climate movement is beginning to fracture under the weight of its own success.The question was loaded, of course, but I believe its point is valid. As we steadily move towards creating and …
climate change// Hidden Stories SeriesGood COP, bad COP: The future of climate action looks shakyNovember 30, 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.Observers — and even some of the delegates — were reported to have …
climate change// 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 …
climate change// 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, …
climate change// 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 change// 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 …
climate change// 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 …
climate change// 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 …
climate change// 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 …