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Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK

...Climate change has an unequal distribution of negative effects globally and nationally, but also there is an inequality of response to that change i.e. there are winners and losers. Some communities will be protected, and others will not. To make matters more controversial for Happisburgh, government plans which affect their community also change. In the past Happisbsurgh...
Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?
Society, Politics & Law

Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?

...climate change, we need a very different infrastructure based on clean energy, such as wind, solar and tidal. In 30 years’ time, many businesses will no doubt be involved in the business of climate change mitigation, but for now the market signals are weak and businesses are either not responding to climate change, or not responding quickly enough. ......
Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two
Society, Politics & Law

Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two

...climate change. The documentary ‘Under the weather: Overheating’, broadcast in 1981 is one of the first longer documentaries we have found that covers the issue of human-caused climate change. The uncertainties are emphasised, but the potentially far-reaching consequences are laid out before the audience. So how should media producers handle this difficult new...
COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step
Nature & Environment

COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step

...climate change. Here they are in what I think is a reasonable cascade of timescale, cause and effect: Money – flowing from richer to poorer nations to help build their capacities to adapt to climate change, reduce their reliance on fossil fuels, and compensate for any unavoidable loss and damages. Short-term national plans – the formal detailed NDCs (Nationally...
Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate
Nature & Environment

Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate

...changing climate. This is the international reporting framework designed by the Task force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure, promoted by Mark Carney when Governor of The Bank of England and chair of the Financial Stability Board, now UN Special Envoy for Climate action and Finance. In most countries, TCFD is voluntary. In the UK, the government is making TCFD...
TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem
Nature & Environment

TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem

...climate change?...“Progress” is a huge contributor to the crisis we face: it is the positive image that Western powers have invoked in order to justify colonialism, enslavement, unlimited resource extraction, absurd levels of consumption and genocides against both human and non-human beings. Since 2019, I have curated Border Crossings’ ORIGINS Festival, a biennial...
Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change

...climate change and agriculture and currently leads a large European (FP7) project on livestock and climate change involving four continents. J-F Soussana has also chaired a national scientific committee on ‘Ecosystems and Sustainable Development’ for the French national research agency (ANR) and is currently chairing the scientific advisory board of the Joint...
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...climate change and decarbonisation waste and pollution reduction. [Described image] Figure 1 Nature and biodiversity is identified as a key area of work for ‘green skills’ Deloitte (2022) suggests that education has a key part to play in enabling green skills through: careers advice about green skills apprenticeships with a green skills focus provision of lifelong...