The climate impact of the Premier League
Assessing the goals, challenges and progress of making the Premier League sustainable. Amidst the electric atmosphere of the English Premier League, a quieter but pressing concern lingers: its climate impact. From player transport logistics to matchday emissions, the...
500 years on: A Great Piece of Turf
In 1503, German painter Albreht Dürer completed his watercolour and gouache piece titled The Great Piece of Turf. Since its completion, it has been widely recognised as one of his masterpieces as it exhibits the wonderful complexity and intimacy of a May meadow...
Shell faces backlash over ‘reckless’ divestment in Niger Delta
Report highlights environmental and financial risks, calls for responsible transition. In a newly released report by the Dutch NGO the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), Shell's divestment from onshore oil operations in the Niger Delta has been...
Dale Vince and the battle for a green Britain
Thoughts on Dale Vince OBE, a British green energy industrialist, traveller, and author.
Woman, 54, buys mountain, plants 1⁄4 million trees
Frustrated by the inability to make a difference through conventional climate activism, Sally Phillips has decided to take matters into her own hands. “I’m not your usual entrepreneur!” remarks Sally Phillips. “I tend to shun the limelight. I had imposter syndrome for...
Finding Scotland’s ‘lost’ ice age pinewoods
A new project from Trees for Life and Woodland Trust Scotland aims to discover Scotland’s ‘lost’ native pinewoods so they can be saved before it’s too late. Caledonian pinewoods are globally unique and support rare wildlife including red squirrels, capercaillie and...
My Veganuary journey
The Climate team member Krish Srinivasan tells us how he found going vegan to kick off 2024. Recipe link at bottom of page. There are, as with everything else, many nuances to eating sustainably. How organically farmed are the products we consume? Have they required...
The Big Plastic Count 2024: UK gears up for second national plastic-waste survey
A nationwide endeavour to illuminate the UK's plastic footprint and propel government action on the global plastics crisis gets underway. From Devon to Dundee, participants from all 650 parliamentary constituencies are set to take part in The Big Plastic Count, a...
In conversation with a Sherpa
The Climate sits down with freelance trek leader Raju Gurung-Raaj to discuss environmental degradation in Nepal, and the effect of mass tourism in his industry. Raju, a trek and expedition guide and high altitude consultant based in Kathmandu, has been working in the...
Are UK farms feeling the effects of climate change?
The threat of climate change is reported regularly, but how are the effects being perceived at ground level by UK farmers, and what are they doing about it? This study asks them. A study by researchers at the University of Exeter has gathered information from farmers...
Eco-Anxiety: Hope and fear in times of crisis
The rise of 'eco-anxiety' in recent years prompts the critical question: Is this chronic fear of environmental doom necessary for climate action or an emotional burden with potentially harmful consequences? As the drumbeat of climate-related disasters, deforestation...
‘Could living The Good Life save the planet?’ Leeds International Festival of Ideas
As one of the great cities of the Industrial Revolution within the United Kingdom, Leeds was a perfect host to the discussion on ‘could living The Good Life save the planet?’ Countryfile's Matt Baker MBE hosted the talk, accompanied by a lineup that included upcycling...
Science Highlights
Plant science vs. climate change: Can carbon sequestration be improved in annual crop systems?
It's time for arable farming to join the Green Revolution. Annual cropping systems make up a large part of the farming industry, so the chance to use them to improve carbon sequestration should be taken to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Among the...
Pond Power: Algae’s role in ending fossil fuels
Can This Alga Finally Deliver on Biofuel's Promise? The goal of becoming independent of fossil fuel raw materials – defossilisation - is one of the biggest challenges scientists face today. We currently rely on fossil fuel feedstock to provide the raw materials for a...
Here’s what we need to do to fix the UK’s e-waste problem
Is this the new waste race to the bottom? We normally think of anything ‘fast’ connoting ‘good’. Efficient, clean, the best in industry. But when attributed to the shelf life of items containing raw materials and precious metals, ‘fast’ is leading us down an...
Traditional lawn vs wildlife meadow: an urban evaluation
Lawns feel unnatural and provide little feeling of being in nature – could urban meadows be the answer? Urban areas have been noted as a contributing factor to both the climate and biodiversity crises. Wildflower meadows can be grown to mitigate both of these...
MIT researchers introduce “Outdoor Days” to quantify climate change impacts
Should we measure climate impacts by what they mean for people’s daily activities? In a bid to provide a tangible understanding of the effects of climate change on daily life, MIT researchers have introduced a novel measure called "outdoor days." This metric,...
Robots flying kites to monitor greenhouse gas emissions
University of Surrey Secures £620k Grant to fund an interesting new project. In a bid to closely monitor greenhouse gas emissions and their dispersion, a groundbreaking initiative is set to take flight at the University of Surrey, courtesy of a substantial £620,000...
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