11 Nov 2025
Photo by Chris Boland The 30th UN Climate Change Conference opened in Belém, Brazil, on Monday with urgent calls to accelerate implementation of climate commitments, as the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous leaders demanded recognition as essential actors in the global response to the climate crisis. The two-week summit, taking place in the gateway […]
11 Nov 2025
Photo by Chris Marquardt Leading polar scientists have issued a stark warning that five widely publicised geoengineering proposals for the Arctic and Antarctica are unlikely to work, could harm fragile ecosystems, and risk diverting attention from urgent emissions reductions. The comprehensive assessment, published in Frontiers in Science, examined technological interventions proposed to delay or mitigate climate impacts […]
21 Oct 2025
Photo by Oleks Film The world’s oceans are losing their greenness owing to global heating, according to a study that suggests the planet’s capacity to absorb carbon dioxide could be weakening. The change is caused by a decline of phytoplankton, the tiny marine organisms responsible for nearly half of the biosphere’s productivity. The findings, […]
25 May 2018
The draft climate change bill sets a target of a 90% reduction by 2050 – which the UK Committee on Climate Change states is currently “at the limit of feasibility” – with the aim of achieving 100% reduction, or “net-zero”, as soon as possible. Tom Ballantine, chair of Stop Climate Change Chaos described the targets as […]
27 Apr 2016
Guardian: World governments vow to end fossil fuel era at UN climate signing ceremony: Representatives of more than 170 countries endorse Paris agreement to cut carbon emissions, with France’s president saying: ‘There is no turning back’. Just as well because the threat of environmental damage to the marine environment is immediate and evidence amassing at […]
26 Apr 2016
Guardian: World governments vow to end fossil fuel era at UN climate signing ceremony: Representatives of more than 170 countries endorse Paris agreement to cut carbon emissions, with France’s president saying: ‘There is no turning back’. Just as well because the threat of environmental damage to the marine environment is immediate and evidence amassing at […]
13 Apr 2016
The risks of Brexit to our environmental policy are very clear and a further six viewpoints reinforce this (see below), however, in a vote that looks too close to call the need to encourage voting is also very important, especially in the younger voters. Register to vote – details here. 1. EU membership positive for UK […]
17 Dec 2015
By Bruce Horton (bruce@envpolconsulting.co.uk) & Bob Earll (bob.earll@coastms.co.uk) With more contributions from Rob Lawson rob@artesia-consulting.co.uk Richard Pagett secure@richardpagett.com and Sue Wells suewells1212@gmail.com So, time to reflect on a momentous and historic agreement…. First, there’s the facts – an ambitious, binding and international agreement to limit the global mean temperature rise to 2 degrees, with an aspiration […]