Tinder-dry Britain at risk of wildfires
It may be a wet summer in the UK at the moment, but remember the devastating fires that have plagued Australia, Greece, ...
Climate change
Climate change is the defining environmental issue for the 21st Century requiring a radical transformation of society’s relationship to energy use and resource consumption. The best science-based estimates of action needed to prevent catastrophic climate change require that greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere be stabilised. This will require a 60-80% reduction in […]
Background
Climate change is happening now. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says in their most recent report:
“Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level. Eleven of the […]
Glossary
Don’t know your direct emissions from your indirect ones? Check out our glossary. And after that if you still need answers let us know
Tips
At home...
Indoor composting
If your local council does not collect organic waste, and you don’t have a green space nearby to compost in you can still find indoor solutions. Bokashi offers products that can fit into tight kitchen spaces - see Wiggly Wigglers or The Green Gardener for options.
At work...
Cyclescheme
Provide facilities and financial support for walkers and cyclists, such as showers, storage facilities, expenses and access to tax-reducing schemes such as CycleScheme.
Climate change blog
Kite Power catches the wind
A traditional childhood pastime could provide a breakthrough in renewable energy, after successful experiments in flying a giant kite at ...
Pension funds to fight climate change
A group of the world’s biggest pension funds brought together by The Prince of Wales and known informally as the P8 (an ...
Climate Activists occupy site for proposed coal-fired power station
The Guardian (Thursday July 31 2008) reports that climate change activists have occupied the proposed site for Britain's first coal-fired ...