It is time to act on the climate emergency
And the only acceptable response is ending the use of fossil fuels This year’s UN climate talks – whose motto is ‘Tiempo de Actuar,’ or ‘Time to Act’ – started Monday in Madrid against a backdrop that is as mixed…
It is time to act on the climate emergency
Mind the Gap: The glaring hole between global fossil fuel expansion and Paris Climate commitments.
The disconnect between Paris temperature goals and countries’ plans and policies for coal, oil, and gas production is massive, worrying and unacceptable. The planet is in an almighty mess, we see and feel its pain daily as we watch people…
Mind the Gap: The glaring hole between global fossil fuel expansion and Paris Climate commitments.
Ramadan: A time to reflect on the future of our planet and the urgent need to accelerate change
This month provides the chance to reflect and re-examine the current state of our relationship with the natural world and each other. Today marks the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, during which time an estimated 1.8 billion…
Ramadan: A time to reflect on the future of our planet and the urgent need to accelerate change
This is unique – let’s seize the moment
On March 15th 2019 1.6 million school children took to the streets to demand climate action. It was an unprecedented moment in the history of climate change activism; building on decades of awareness raising and fighting climate change. Across the…
This is unique – let’s seize the moment
From the frontlines of climate change resistance
The planet is only 1°C warmer than pre-industrial times, yet we are already witnessing a chain of catastrophic climate-related extremes all over the globe. If we want to avoid even more dramatic impacts, we have to stay under a 1.5°C…
From the frontlines of climate change resistance
Message on the Second Anniversary of the Paris Agreement: Not a Penny More to Fossil Fuels.
Today a coalition of NGOs, including 350.org organised a mass mobilisation of hundreds of people at the Place du Pantheon, Paris, to demand that not a penny more of money is invested in the fossil fuel industry. Over five hundred…
Message on the Second Anniversary of the Paris Agreement: Not a Penny More to Fossil Fuels.
As UN climate talks begin: The Global Climate Movement rises
The UN climate talks (COP23) open today in Bonn against a backdrop that is as mixed as ever – on the one hand, we have grim news depicting wars, famines, poverty, financial instabilities, terrorist attacks, the rise of extremism (in…
As UN climate talks begin: The Global Climate Movement rises
Thousands march in Bonn calling for an end to coal now
Tomorrow the UN Climate Talks are set to begin in Bonn. Over the weekend Germany held its largest climate march ever with tens of thousands marching the streets demanding an end to coal. Leading the front were the Pacific Climate…
Thousands march in Bonn calling for an end to coal now
Culture, Climate Change and the Real Cost of Coal
This week, an important meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee came to an underwhelming end; thousands of people across the world were hoping the Committee, in its 41st session just concluded in…
Culture, Climate Change and the Real Cost of Coal
Ramadan: Reflecting on the future of our planet
Today marks the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, during which time 1.6 billion people (approx. 22% of the world’s population) will be fasting from dawn till dusk. This month provides the chance to reexamine how we interact…