by David Robert | Oct 6, 2023 | News, Politics
The Prime Minister made his annual Party Conference speech this week — what does it mean for the climate? On Wednesday, Rishi Sunak made his keynote speech at the Conservative Party annual conference in Manchester. Culture wars, benefits, immigration and A-levels were...
by Tom Howarth | Sep 27, 2023 | News
Here are the five most meaningful outcomes of the past week in New York. With just two months to go until COP28 in Dubai, business and political leaders from around the globe descended on the Big Apple last week for the United Nations (UN) General Assembly and its...
by Seb Lowe | Sep 14, 2023 | News, Politics
The inaugural African Climate Summit recently unfolded in Nairobi, marking an important milestone in the global fight against climate change. Although Africa contributes only 4% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, many African countries face...
by Talia Gatenby | Aug 29, 2023 | Ideas, News
On August 20, 2023, Ecuador voted against continued oil extraction in the Yasuní region of the Amazon rainforest. But what does this mean for the economy of the country? With nearly 59% of people in favour of a halt to drilling, Ecuador has voted to keep oil under the...
by Tom Howarth | Aug 15, 2023 | News
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for the second quarter of 2023 eclipsed the 2021 record levels by 1%; however, the picture is complicated by COVID and weather events, while renewable energy capacity continues its meteoric rise. China’s CO2 emissions rose by a...
by Tom Howarth | Aug 9, 2023 | News, Politics
Leaders from Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela joined forces on Tuesday to conserve the world’s largest rainforest. In a landmark move, the leaders of Amazon countries, led by Brazil, gathered yesterday in the northern...
