20 Aug 2021
If shipping were a country, it would be the world’s sixth largest emitter of CO2. The International Maritime Organisation has set a target which, if met, would cut CO2 emissions from the shipping sector in half by 2050. This article provides an overview of where things stand. It explores issues such as comparisons of emissions […]
17 Aug 2021
The government has announced the first set of programmes to receive funding from the £500m Blue Planet Fund launched by the Prime Minister at the G7 summit. The Fund will support developing countries on the front line of climate change to reduce poverty and improve the health of their seas. The programmes, financed from the […]
10 Aug 2021
The strength of the IPCC’s Code Red for Humanity report is sobering; its dire warning could not be clearer. Yet at the same time, it confirmed that the Paris agreement’s 1.5C warming limit is not lost, and with strong global action, we can still achieve it. Interviews with five people involved in the debate on […]
10 Aug 2021
Global surface temperature was 1.09° C higher in the decade between 2011-2020 than between 1850-1900. The past five years have been the hottest on record since 1850 The recent rate of sea level rise has nearly tripled compared with 1901-1971 Human influence is “very likely” (90%) the main driver of the global retreat of glaciers […]
10 Aug 2021
Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points although estimates of the critical transition point remain uncertain. The research from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany found “an almost complete loss of stability over the last century” of the […]
10 Aug 2021
At the end of June, the Climate Change Committee submitted its report to Parliament on progress in reducing emissions and in adapting to climate change. They note that “Government has made historic climate promises in the past year, for which it deserves credit. However, it has been too slow to follow these with delivery. This […]
10 Aug 2021
Promoting Adaptation to Changing Coasts project is a largely Interreg funded project with two arms – one in Devon (the Lower Otter Restoration Project) and the other in Normandy (the Saane Valley project). The two schemes are working to restore river estuaries that have, over time, been changed in order to reclaim land. The land […]
03 Aug 2021
The UK’s goal of tackling the climate crisis by reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 is “too far away”, the prime minister’s climate change spokesperson has said. Allegra Stratton, Boris Johnson’s former press secretary, said the “science is clear” that the UK must change its carbon emission output “right now”. Click here Speaking […]
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