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How to reduce global oil demand
The International Energy Agency has published a 10 point plan for reducing oil demand, which would cut oil use by more than half Russia’s exports within four months.
Fossil fuels must stay underground, scientists say
Almost 60% of oil and gas reserves and 90% of coal must remain in the ground to keep global warming below 1.5C, says a study in the journal Nature. Globally, the researchers calculated, production of fossil fuels needed to have peaked in 2020 and be on a steady...
Stop Climate Chaos: from G7 to COP26
Watch Stop Climate Chaos international press conference on the steps needed to achieve a true green recovery and why the climate crisis and global inequality cannot be solved without solutions based on climate justice.
Let’s get back to re-usables – World Refill Day 16th June
Single-use products have proliferated during the COVID19 pandemic, but re-usable products do not increase the risk of virus transmission. Find out why and how to support businesses to return to refill.
Young climate campaigners seek funds to build on Mock COP26 success
In November 2020 more than 350 young campaigners in 150 countries met virtually in a Mock COP26 event to decide on action to tackle climate change. They produced a unified global statement from the youth of the world, outlining their demands for ambitious and...
Decarbonisation and recarbonisation: Understanding the net zero challenge
Jonathon Porritt explains how securing a stable climate for the future of humankind depends as much on recarbonising natural systems, as it does on decarbonising our industrial economy.
UK Treasury agrees: Nature is a blind spot in economics that we ignore at our peril
The world is being put at “extreme risk” by the failure of economics to take account of the rapid depletion of the natural world and needs to find new measures of success to avoid a catastrophic breakdown, a landmark review has concluded.
Over 50 countries pledge to protect 30% of the planet for nature by 2030
The pledge will be a key discussion theme at a biodiversity summit later this year, but there is scepticism about whether countries will actually deliver on it, given the world’s failure to meet a single one of the 20 Aichi biodiversity targets agreed in Japan in 2010.
Inupiat Elder Delano Barr talks about climate change in Shismaref, Alaska, 2019
Arctic Peoples speak of the challenges of ice melting beneath their feet and coastal villages being swept away.