climate change - openDemocracy (Page 15)

The UK claims to be a world leader in fighting climate change. It’s wrong

At home, the UK outsources its responsibility to decarbonise, and abroad it fails its historic responsibility to mitigate carbon emissions

By Harpreet Kaur Paul

/ 22 Apr 2021

The UK claims to be a world leader in fighting climate change. It’s wrong

Black, grey, blue, green: how serious can Boris Johnson be?

A serious UK government, willing to put enough funding mechanisms in place, does have the agencies available to tackle the UK's draughty buildings.

By Rosemary Bechler

/ 18 Mar 2021

Black, grey, blue, green: how serious can Boris Johnson be?

Indígenas waorani de Ecuador contra PetroOriental

Indígenas amazónicos llevan a los tribunales a una rama local de una de las mayores empresas petroleras de China en el primer gran litigio sobre el cambio climático en Ecuador

By Isabella Kaminski

/ 4 Mar 2021

Indígenas waorani de Ecuador contra PetroOriental

On climate change, don’t believe Europe’s hydrogen hype

Our research reveals worrying links between corporate lobbyists and the EU’s enthusiasm for hydrogen as a ‘clean’ energy source.

By Belén Balanyá and Hans van Scharen

/ 9 Dec 2020

On climate change, don’t believe Europe’s hydrogen hype

As the world burns, the UK must lead once more

The gaps in the Climate Change Act urgently need patching.

By Caroline Lucas

/ 20 Oct 2020

As the world burns, the UK must lead once more

If Europe wants to halt climate collapse, why is it watering down rules on palm oil?

Beneath its Green Deal rhetoric, the European Commission won’t jeopardize trade interests to tackle deforestation.

By Hans Wetzels

/ 16 Oct 2020

If Europe wants to halt climate collapse, why is it watering down rules on palm oil?

The gas trap: how Europe is investing €100bn in fossil fuel infrastructure

Contrary to the goals of European Green Deal, such investments risk gas lock-in or ending up as stranded assets.

By Juliet Ferguson

/ 15 Oct 2020

The gas trap: how Europe is investing €100bn in fossil fuel infrastructure

Honda going electric and ExxonMobil slumps: the clean energy tide turns

There’s some encouraging news, but stopping climate breakdown won’t lead to a fairer society without even more radical change.

By Paul Rogers

/ 12 Oct 2020

Honda going electric and ExxonMobil slumps: the clean energy tide turns

How green innovation can transform African agriculture

With the threat of climate change and coronavirus, decentralized renewable energy could be key to building more resilient food systems.

By Kudzai Chimhangwa

/ 7 Oct 2020

How green innovation can transform African agriculture

Podcast: Is capitalism racist?

With Black Lives Matter protests raging around the world, the latest ourVoices documentary asks how we can build an economy based on repair, healing and justice.

By Laura Basu and Freddie Stuart

/ 29 Sep 2020

Why the climate crisis cannot be a socialist project alone

Climate activists have to win the trust of the majority – not insist on socialism or picking a side in the culture wars.

By Sunny Hundal

/ 16 Sep 2020

Why the climate crisis cannot be a socialist project alone

Green revolution: the solution to African energy poverty?

Southern Africa can lead the world in renewable energy – if it can overcome its obstacles.

By Kudzai Chimhangwa

/ 10 Sep 2020

Green revolution: the solution to African energy poverty?