‘Solidarity the way to go’ – climate strikers on COVID-19
March 24th, 2020
As the
Coronavirus pandemic shutters public strikes and demonstrations, teenage
climate strikers are labouring to find a powerful way to raise public awareness
online about...
The individual: what can I do about climate breakdown?
March 24th, 2020
The question I get asked far more than any other is “what can I, as an individual, do about climate change?”
Usually, people...
Hope in the time of Corona
March 24th, 2020
Could the frightening pandemic now raging be a catalyst initiating the behavioural and economic changes necessary to offset the profound danger to...
COVID19 emissions drop ‘no substitute’ for climate action
March 23rd,
2020
Any COVID-19 triggered emission reductions cannot substitute concerted climate action, the World Meteorological Organization has said.
The UN climate body
has warned that while there...
Climate strikes – ‘the strength to keep fighting on’
March 20th, 2020
Last Friday marked over six months of continuous weekly climate striking for me. This week also marked the one year anniversary of...
Coronavirus: zoonotic origins of our own making?
March 20th, 2020
Coronaviruses or Coronoviridae
are a large family of viruses that can infect humans or animals. A small number
of these cause very serious respiratory illnesses...
Guidelines for getting outdoors safely during COVID19
March 20th, 2020
Increasing
numbers of people are seeking the natural benefits of getting outdoors, taking
in fresh air, letting off pent up energy and enjoying our...
EU urged to rethink plan to bail out airlines
March 19th, 2020
Over 150 environmental
organisations have urged the EU not to bail out the aviation industry in the
wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a letter...
COVID19 – a manifestation of the biodiversity crisis
March 20th, 2020
Ecologists are blue in the face telling people that all life
depends upon biodiversity and that we depend upon the natural world for...
Insectageddon – a plague on our houses or a phantom menace?
March 20th, 2020
“Who has the right to decide that the supreme value is a world without insects even though it would be a sterile...
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