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UN Secretary General states the dire climate situation we face sounding more like climate activist than politician.
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WRI US Director Dan Lashof | Will Biden’s climate policy work?
WRI Director Dan Lashof discusses President Biden’s climate change policy agenda.
Extinction Rebellion Cofounder Gail Bradbrook
Dr Gail Bradbrook discusses the need for activism in a time of climate emergency
Professor Kevin Anderson | Climate Action Failure
Professor Kevin Anderson discusses the failure of climate policy.
The Journey To COP26 – Glasgow – Starts Now
The UK is readying itself for the presidency of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26), to be held in Glasgow in November 2020. In the wake of the failure of COP25, a British presidency… Read More »The Journey To COP26 – Glasgow – Starts Now
COP25 UN climate talks: ‘in moral terms… it’s evil!’
The negotiators at this year’s COP25 in Madrid achieved nothing, despite warnings from many voices about the acceleration of the climate crisis. The UN climate negotiations in Madrid, COP25, have amounted to precious little. The extended talks… Read More »COP25 UN climate talks: ‘in moral terms… it’s evil!’
Is the COP process working? World Resources Institute decarbonisation specialist, Kelly Levin
Nick Breeze: There has been a drop in the rate of the rise of emissions. Should we interpret this as good news? Kelly Levin: The bottom line is that this is bad news because we… Read More »Is the COP process working? World Resources Institute decarbonisation specialist, Kelly Levin
The British ‘green is great’ COP out
It was hard to miss the British Pavilion at COP24 this year – but the truth of the ‘Green Is Great’ slogan was as shallow as the printers’ ink. The Conference of the Parties 24… Read More »The British ‘green is great’ COP out
Schellnhuber: ‘It’s nonlinearity – stupid!’
Nick Breeze interviews professor John Schellnhuber, who set up the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in 1991 to study climate. Nick Breeze (NB): Thinking back to the beginning of the Potsdam Institute, and where… Read More »Schellnhuber: ‘It’s nonlinearity – stupid!’
They who shall inherit the Earth…
The generation who will have to live with the failures of COP24 are still not allowed into the negotiating room. The Conference of the Parties 24 (COP24) climate negotiations in Katowice, Poland, are well underway.… Read More »They who shall inherit the Earth…
Barack Obama admits Paris Accord targets ‘not enough to avoid catastrophe’
Barack Obama now argues “we are speeding our car towards the cliff at a very fast rate”. Adrian Bridge, CEO of the 326yr old port company hosting the former US president adds “what we need… Read More »Barack Obama admits Paris Accord targets ‘not enough to avoid catastrophe’
Professor Kevin Anderson Discusses negative Emissions at COP23
This session was recorded at COP23 in Bonn. Kevin Anderson is the Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in Manchester UK.
COP21 Paris Accord failed humanity, impacted communities respond
The atmosphere within the COP21 meeting was one of business instead of saving Mother Earth. World leaders were in deep negotiations not over climate policy, they were in negotiations about commercialization of nature. The result… Read More »COP21 Paris Accord failed humanity, impacted communities respond