Britain’s first climate assembly agrees plan for council to tackle crisis
1 HR AGO - Camden citizens’ proposals focus on housing, transport and green spaceBritain’s first climate Expand
1 HR AGO - Camden citizens’ proposals focus on housing, transport and green spaceBritain’s first climate assembly has agreed 17 proposals that should be implemented to tackle the climate crisis, including installing solar panels on all available roofs and cutting fossil fuels out of local government developments.The assembly, convened by Camden council in north London, brought together more than 50 residents and a team of climate experts to develop a series of actions which could be taken by the council to reduce carbon emissions and increase sustainability.Councils are embracing people power to take on the #ClimateEmergency while national govt flounders. Today Camden citizens are making recommendations for new climate action plan to take us to a zero carbon future, reported by @markriceoxley69 in @guardian https://t.co/oc4lVp3DZU pic.twitter.com/wTbBI8dus8 Continue reading... Collapse
Environment of greater concern than housing or terrorism – UK poll
4 HRS AGO - Climate crisis concerns top British public’s policy priorities, poll findings revealProtecting the Expand
4 HRS AGO - Climate crisis concerns top British public’s policy priorities, poll findings revealProtecting the environment has overtaken affordable housing and the threat of terrorism in the British public’s policy priorities over the last eight months, polling has revealed.Polling by Britain Thinks, commissioned by Engage Britain, found that concern about the climate crisis has risen at roughly the same rate for all age groups, and has emerged as the single most important issue for young people. It comes as the activist group Extinction Rebellion is set to stage another round of protests expected to bring parts of the country to a standstill. Continue reading... Collapse
Time to take our lead from the young | Letters
10 HRS AGO - From a flowering of interest in the European Union to the growth of climate activism, young people Expand
10 HRS AGO - From a flowering of interest in the European Union to the growth of climate activism, young people are showing the wayDavid Olusoga is spot on (“The cult of optimism got us into this mess. It’s time to embrace pessimism”, Comment). What we need is certainly not the mindless “we won the war, we can win again” line peddled by Brexit supporters, but also not the kind of pessimism that paralyses action. There are numerous signs that the awakening that Olusoga calls for is brewing. One of the most encouraging developments is that, whereas before 2016 the EU was the subject of almost total national ignorance, now we see a flourishing pro-EU enthusiasm, especially among the young, and a much wider understanding of it, including both its strengths and its weaknesses. Another is the growth of climate activism, again including the young, who are taking to politics in unprecedented numbers. Underlying all this is the growing swing against neoliberal economics. It seems that the “Overton window” Collapse
Teen kayaker clocks up 100 miles in Norfolk Broads clean-up
12 HRS AGO - Will Darling has paddled more than 100 miles in his search for rubbish.
Pakistan: Seminar on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Vision to Make Clean and Green Pakistan & Social Responsibility of Youth: Together we strive for a prosperous and ‘Resilient Pakistan’
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Country: Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan: Muslim Aid Pakistan and National Expand
20 HRS AGO - Source: Muslim Aid
Country: Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan: Muslim Aid Pakistan and National Council of Social Welfare (NCSW) jointly organised a one-day special awareness seminar under SDG 13, titled ‘Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Vision to Make Pakistan Green & Clean and Social Responsibilities of the Youth’ in a local hotel in Islamabad.
The aim of seminar was to sensitise and influence stakeholders on the role and importance of youth of the country in Prime Minister’s Clean and Green Pakistan (CGP) movement and their social responsibilities to take climate action for the betterment of society. This seminar is organised to bring together experts from different walks of life to share initiative taken under CGP and enhance effective participation of youth.
Muslim Aid recognises the key role that youth play in tackling climate change and works closely with youth-led and youth-focused organisations around the country. Considerable efforts are being made by us and other Collapse
Death and broken livelihoods: farmers and wildfires in British Columbia | Joanna Chiu
1 DAY AGO - As wildfires increase in intensity, how can farmers safeguard their animals – and their way of Expand
1 DAY AGO - As wildfires increase in intensity, how can farmers safeguard their animals – and their way of life? Two years after wildfires killed the pigs on his family farms in British Columbia, Scott Kellington is still coming to terms with the destruction.This particular fire had come from the north, its towering flames whipped into a terrible ferocity by strong winds and sustained by the 40C heat. After making sure his wife was evacuated, Kellington and his three sons stayed behind to try to save the neighbourhood homes and livestock. Related: Last day in Paradise: the untold story of how a fire swallowed a town Related: Soy destruction in Argentina leads straight to our dinner plates Continue reading... Collapse
Where were you when man first landed on the moon?
1 DAY AGO - Fifty years on, the 03:56 AM TV moment that was out of this world.
Algae bio-curtains: Architects' radical solution to capture carbon
1 DAY AGO - Scientists and architects in London have developed 'bio-curtains' to act as an alternative to Expand
1 DAY AGO - Scientists and architects in London have developed 'bio-curtains' to act as an alternative to urban trees. Collapse
River Stour runs dry in drought in Constable Country
2 DAYS AGO - The Environment Agency takes steps to refill a river featured in some of the UK's best-loved Expand
2 DAYS AGO - The Environment Agency takes steps to refill a river featured in some of the UK's best-loved paintings. Collapse
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Ex-Unilever boss seeks 'heroic CEOs' to tackle climate change and inequality
3 HRS AGO - Paul Polman also supports Bank of England-backed group promoting disability rights The former boss Expand
3 HRS AGO - Paul Polman also supports Bank of England-backed group promoting disability rights The former boss of Unilever is seeking a team of “heroic chief executives” to drive a shift to a low-carbon, more inclusive way of doing business.Paul Polman, who stepped down from the Anglo-Dutch owner of Marmite and Dove in November last year after a decade at the helm, warns that the rise of populism and Brexit are symptoms of capitalism’s failure to adapt. Bosses, he insists, must commit to fighting inequality and tackling the climate emergency. Continue reading... Collapse
Are ethical investors funding the destruction of Brazilian forests?
5 HRS AGO - World's largest producer of eucalyptus pulp accused of indirectly replacing forests with Expand
5 HRS AGO - World's largest producer of eucalyptus pulp accused of indirectly replacing forests with plantations, leading to 'tremendous' carbon emissions Collapse
The town fighting the climate crisis to stay afloat, one hurricane at at time
11 HRS AGO - Fair Bluff has already been hit by two hurricanes – but if another arrives this year, it could Expand
11 HRS AGO - Fair Bluff has already been hit by two hurricanes – but if another arrives this year, it could become one of the US’s first climate crisis ghost townsThe water slithered up while the people went to sleep. No text alerts. No sirens. Just the Lumber River, the color of black tea, carrying out its slow, silent ambush, creeping up to the steps of the Baptist church and the rototillers at the hardware store and the 99-cent greeting cards in the pharmacy.In her final hours in the home where she grew up, 55-year-old Bonnie Savage pulled a load of warm clothes from the dryer and folded them. She was hardly concerned about Hurricane Matthew. It had come ashore in South Carolina as a category 1 and was a tropical storm by the time it tumbled inland and into her hometown of Fair Bluff in eastern North Carolina.In the past century, North Carolina has endured 15 major storms. The three worst, in terms of cost of damage, have occurred in the past 20 yearsTo the regular resident, money is money, Collapse
World: Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues
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Jean-Francois Bastin , Emily Clark, Thomas Expand
15 HRS AGO - Source: Public Library of Science
Country: World
Jean-Francois Bastin , Emily Clark, Thomas Elliott, Simon Hart, Johan van den Hoogen, Iris Hordijk, Haozhi Ma, Sabiha Majumder, Gabriele Manoli, Julia Maschler, Lidong Mo, Devin Routh, Kailiang Yu, Constantin M. Zohner, Thomas W. Crowther
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Combating climate change requires unified action across all sectors of society. However, this collective action is precluded by the ‘consensus gap’ between scientific knowledge and public opinion. Here, we test the extent to which the iconic cities around the world are likely to shift in response to climate change. By analyzing city pairs for 520 major cities of the world, we test if their climate in 2050 will resemble more closely to their own current climate conditions or to the current conditions of other cities in different bioclimatic regions. Even under an optimistic climate scenario (RCP 4.5), we found that 77% of future cities are very likely to experience a climate that is closer Collapse
Mice 'will die slowly and in agony' from poison in mass extermination by RSPB
22 HRS AGO - Critics call for bird-protection charity to use more humane methods to save Tristan albatross from Expand
22 HRS AGO - Critics call for bird-protection charity to use more humane methods to save Tristan albatross from extinction Collapse
In my nightmares I'm always in the sea': a year on from the Greek fires
1 DAY AGO - Last summer, fires devastated two coastal towns in Greece, leaving 103 dead. Was the government to Expand
1 DAY AGO - Last summer, fires devastated two coastal towns in Greece, leaving 103 dead. Was the government to blame? Survivors and rescuers look backIt was 6pm when the smoke reached the town of Mati on the east coast of Greece, 18 miles from Athens. The seaside resort was full of holidaymakers in hotels, or visiting their weekend homes. Within an hour, flames had started to engulf the town, turning the sky red. By 8pm on 23 July 2018, the fire had destroyed Mati and nearby Kokkino Limanaki; it left 103 dead and more than 140 in hospital, many with severe burns. People died in their homes, in their cars, or as they tried to get to the sea. Those who made it dipped below the waves to stay cool as they waited for the coastguard and local fishermen to rescue them. The flames were propelled by gale-force winds, and the heat reached 800C. The next day, officials estimated that about 40,000 pine and olive trees, along with 4,000 homes, had been destroyed. Continue reading... Collapse
The final 13 minutes before the Moon landing
1 DAY AGO - The minutes before landing were tense, as fuel ran low and connections were lost between the lunar Expand
1 DAY AGO - The minutes before landing were tense, as fuel ran low and connections were lost between the lunar module and mission control Collapse
Scotland generating enough wind energy to power two Scotlands
1 DAY AGO - Amazing figures' highlight consistency of wind energy in Scotland, say campaigners
Russia alarmed by large fall in bee populations
2 DAYS AGO - Pesticides are blamed for Russia's mass bee deaths, while French honey production is also down.
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Ghana: In Focus: Access to the African Risk Capacity Programme
3 HRS AGO - Source: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: Ghana, Expand
3 HRS AGO - Source: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: Ghana, World
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Agricultural production in many parts of Africa is affected by natural climate variability and is likely to be significantly compromised by climate change through the higher incidence of drought, erratic rainfall and damaging high temperatures. The current system for responding to natural disasters is often not timely or equitable enough, with much of the cost being borne by farmers. When international assistance is available it is often too late.
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) is a continental sovereign risk pool and early response mechanism designed to execute pre‐approved contingency. ARC’s mission is to help African Union Member States to protect the food security of their vulnerable populations. As an insurance risk pool, ARC’s objective is to capitalize on the natural diversification of weather risk across Africa, allowing countries to manage their risk as a group in a Collapse
Greta Thunberg: ‘They see us as a threat because we’re having an impact’
7 HRS AGO - The climate activist answers questions from famous supporters and Observer readers, with an Expand
7 HRS AGO - The climate activist answers questions from famous supporters and Observer readers, with an introduction by Ali SmithGreta Thunberg. This time last year she was unimaginable. Then, pretty much from nowhere, there she was: small and slight, a girl just turned 16, the way-too-young odd person out on a panel of adults sitting in front of the world’s economic powers at Davos last January. Unshowy and serious, careful, firm, she said it. Our house is on fire.The ancient Greeks had a word for this: parrhesiastes. It means a person who speaks truth to power: you should not be behaving in this way. Don’t. More specifically it suggests someone in whom directness of expression and access to truth coincide; and it means someone of very little power who’s risking everything – because they can’t not, there’s no option – to speak ethical truth to powers so entrenched that they’re close to tyrannical, because telling this truth is about moral law. “Some people, some companies, some decision-makers Collapse
The town fighting the climate crisis to stay afloat, one hurricane at at time
11 HRS AGO - Fair Bluff has already been hit by two hurricanes – but if another arrives this year, it could Expand
11 HRS AGO - Fair Bluff has already been hit by two hurricanes – but if another arrives this year, it could become one of the US’s first climate crisis ghost townsThe water slithered up while the people went to sleep. No text alerts. No sirens. Just the Lumber River, the color of black tea, carrying out its slow, silent ambush, creeping up to the steps of the Baptist church and the rototillers at the hardware store and the 99-cent greeting cards in the pharmacy.In her final hours in the home where she grew up, 55-year-old Bonnie Savage pulled a load of warm clothes from the dryer and folded them. She was hardly concerned about Hurricane Matthew. It had come ashore in South Carolina as a category 1 and was a tropical storm by the time it tumbled inland and into her hometown of Fair Bluff in eastern North Carolina.In the past century, North Carolina has endured 15 major storms. The three worst, in terms of cost of damage, have occurred in the past 20 yearsTo the regular resident, money is money, Collapse
Would this burger tempt you to eat meat?
15 HRS AGO - Two BBC presenters put Impossible Foods' meat-free burger to the taste test. How does it shape up?
Death and broken livelihoods: farmers and wildfires in British Columbia | Joanna Chiu
1 DAY AGO - As wildfires increase in intensity, how can farmers safeguard their animals – and their way of Expand
1 DAY AGO - As wildfires increase in intensity, how can farmers safeguard their animals – and their way of life? Two years after wildfires killed the pigs on his family farms in British Columbia, Scott Kellington is still coming to terms with the destruction.This particular fire had come from the north, its towering flames whipped into a terrible ferocity by strong winds and sustained by the 40C heat. After making sure his wife was evacuated, Kellington and his three sons stayed behind to try to save the neighbourhood homes and livestock. Related: Last day in Paradise: the untold story of how a fire swallowed a town Related: Soy destruction in Argentina leads straight to our dinner plates Continue reading... Collapse
BP backlash and Extinction Gongs: can climate art save the world?
1 DAY AGO - Artists have long struggled to make environmental activism cool. A new wave of culture could make Expand
1 DAY AGO - Artists have long struggled to make environmental activism cool. A new wave of culture could make a difference In 2015, the United Nations feared that the climate crisis was reaching a point of no return, threatening our very existence. With the Paris summit round the corner and a rare opportunity to get world leaders to commit to meaningful change, it needed a way to get the message out to every citizen in order to save the world from global catastrophe.Its answer? To commission a song featuring Paul McCartney, Fergie from Black Eyed Peas, Natasha Bedingfield and Jon Bon Jovi, artists whom one must presume were chosen because their careers were in similar danger of extinction. Their effort, Love Song to the Earth, has a melody-agnostic chorus that goes: “Looking down from up on the moon, it’s a tiny blue marble / Who’d have thought the ground we stand on could be so fragile?” The song did not chart in any country. Continue reading... Collapse
Brave or naive? Conservative Wagga surprises with climate emergency declaration
1 DAY AGO - Fifteen years ago, no one would have thought the city would embrace Mardi Gras and same-sex Expand
1 DAY AGO - Fifteen years ago, no one would have thought the city would embrace Mardi Gras and same-sex marriage. Now, the climate debate is amping upThe people of Wagga Wagga are famously stubborn. On the north side of the Murrumbidgee river is a low-lying village of homes that once flooded five times a year. The signpost at North Wagga Wagga has for decades served as a warning to town planners: “We shall not be moved.”“We are a very conservative city,” says the local mayor, Greg Conkey. “A lot of people do not accept climate change.”Rallies and protests are a bit too aggressive for people in this area Related: Deputy PM Michael McCormack accused of disputing evidence of global heating Continue reading... Collapse
Heat warnings across US as climate experts warn of spike in very hot days
1 DAY AGO - Alerts in place for states as far apart as New Mexico and MaineClimate crisis expected to make Expand
1 DAY AGO - Alerts in place for states as far apart as New Mexico and MaineClimate crisis expected to make heatwaves the ‘new normal’More than half the US was under excessive heat warnings on Friday amid a brutal heatwave – which experts warned could become the “new normal” because of the climate crisis. Related: Climate crisis: extremely hot days could double in US, study shows Continue reading... Collapse
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