"Anti-capitalism: I'm all for it" says Caroline Lucas at Imperial lecture
Grantham Institute's annual lecture cut through the noise with former Green Party co-leader and panelists.
UNEP, WMO, and CCC call for action, but is anything different?
Ahead of each Climate Conference of the Parties, a slew of reports are released seeking to inform the proceedings. For example, the United Nations Environment Programme recently released their Emissions Gap Report 2024. Emissions Gap Reports are published ahead of each COP and assess the gap between pledged greenhouse gas
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ChatGPT’s carbon tab
The environmental cost of every question you ask
Tales of the Unsung Wilderness: Longlegs
You’re sitting on your couch, watching TV on a brisk autumn evening when you hear a faint shuffling on your carpet. You try to pinpoint the location of the sound as you warily turn your head, but there’s nothing to be seen. A few minutes later, it starts
Did global warming cause the Florida hurricanes?
The science behind linking correlation to causation.
Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down
Britain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar closed on Monday. The plant had run for 57 years and its closure has seen widespread coverage in the national press with The Guardian calling the shutdown the “end of an era.” Coal has been part of the UK’s energy
David Lammy calls for climate justice in Kew Lecture
David Lammy gave his first major speech as Foreign Secretary on 17th September in Kew Gardens. His speech was intersectional, covering global inequality, indigenous knowledge, and racial justice all as part of – and essential to – climate justice. Lammy explained the core idea of his approach that “nothing could be more
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Imperial's sustainability policy is already making its mark
In 2022/23 Imperial emitted 240,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). Focusing just on Imperial’s direct emissions and emissions from purchased energy – scopes 1 and 2 respectively – it is not only among the top five highest emitting UK universities but also has the highest emissions of any
Not the End of the World
Hannah Ritchie's Not the End of the World is a thing from which you can emerge hopeful. In it, Dr Ritchie addresses each of seven planetary crises: air pollution, climate change, deforestation, food, biodiversity loss, ocean plastics, and overfishing. The book is extremely high-level. It looks at each
Interviewing Imperial about their new climate policies
Last month, Imperial announced a series of new commitments, reports and policies setting out how the university plans to reach net zero without offsets by 2040, in line with their sustainability strategy. I interviewed Academic lead for Sustainability, Professor Tim Green, and Sustainability Officer Rhea Samra about Imperial’s new