General Election 2020 – a wake-up call for environmentalists
January 23rd, 2020
Voters don’t care about the environment. There, I said it. And I wouldn’t have believed it until this week either.
I think I...
UK must cut land use emissions by two thirds to meet 2050 goal, advisers...
Committee on Climate Change warns a fifth of all agricultural land needs to be released for climate mitigation to help the UK achieve carbon...
CCC: One fifth of UK farmland must be used to tackle climate change
An “urgent” overhaul of the UK’s land and agricultural sector will be essential to meet the government’s legally binding net-zero target, says the Committee...
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #3, 2020
Biography of a policy metric
Bård Lahn performs a sweeping literature review to present the history of our notion of a "global carbon budget" and how...
Climate Refugees Cannot Be Sent Back Home, United Nations Rules in Landmark Decision
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Trump and the Teenager: A Climate Showdown at Davos
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Rising Temperatures Put More U.S. Workers at Risk of Dying From Heat
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New campaign calls for faster, fairer climate action from next Government
January 22nd, 2020
A new nationwide climate campaign launched today calling on general election candidates to ensure a faster and fairer route to climate leadership...
China, India Emissions Pledges May Not Be Reducing Potent Pollutants, Study Shows
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