Total 6 Posts
Why Labour is right to stop future UK oil and gas development
4 min read
Keir Starmer pledges to end new UK oil and gas exploration – an expert’s take on why this is the right move.
Why COP27 should be the last of these pointless corporate love-ins
8 min read
Given how little the COP conferences have achieved since they began in 1995 – not to mention their gigantic carbon footprints – it is time to end this spectacle of private jets flying in dignitaries and delegates to discuss the climate emergency.
COP27: Five things to expect from this year’s UN climate summit
5 min read
Don’t expect much at this year’s COP27 than new pledges and promises. But if you hope for a Paris-style “Sharm El-Sheikh agreement”, you will be disappointed: countries are not doing what they have promised at previous COPs.
Influential oil company scenarios for combating climate change don’t actually meet the Paris Agreement goals
5 min read
Most oil company scenarios claiming to be compatible with the climate agreement show a strong continuing reliance on natural gas and coal.
Five things you need to know about the Glasgow Climate Pact.
6 min read
COP26 saw incremental progress but not the breakthrough moment needed.
Shipping emissions must fall by a third by 2030 and reach zero before 2050.
5 min read
The global shipping sector delivers 90% of global trade and has a carbon footprint the size of Germany’s.