By Darcy White COP30 has arrived. The annual global climate conference will once again be a test of how our governments are doing in the struggle to address profound environmental breakdown. COP gets its name from the‘Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’ (UNFCCC). The 30th COP takes placeContinueContinue reading “Our governments are failing us – citizens must step up”
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Every COP has been a failure
Sheffield was one of many cities that hosted a Climate Justice march on Saturday. Record heat in our atmosphere and oceans is driving climate disasters across the globe, with those who’ve done the least to cause this crisis suffering the most. Global North countries have far exceeded their fair share of the earth’s carrying capacityContinueContinue reading “Every COP has been a failure”
There are no jobs on a dead planet.
A letter to the Sheffield Star. Ray Cundy (26th July) is upset by the 5 Just Stop Oil protesters, jailed for 4 and 5 years because they “shove their ideology” on people and claims some climate scientists (who he can’t name) believe that climate change is a natural phenomenon. Climate does change over millennia butContinueContinue reading “There are no jobs on a dead planet.”
The climate time bomb is ticking
Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Synthesis Report. It briefly made headlines on the BBC and in the more sensible newspapers, but was then quickly forgotten. Greta Thunberg commented “Today, after yesterday’s IPCC report, everything is back to normal – as always. We continue to ignore the climate crisis asContinueContinue reading “The climate time bomb is ticking”
Climate Justice March in Sheffield for COP27
Videos from the Climate Justice Coalition march in Sheffield 12/11/2022
Righting Climate Wrongs
A guest blog by Oliver Blensdorf Photo: Heinrich Böll Stiftung Washington, DC (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0) As of last week, in Pakistan, one-third of districts have had to declare flood emergencies, leaving at least 10% of Pakistan’s land area actually under water. That’s equivalent to one-third of all the land in the whole United Kingdom. And PakistanContinueContinue reading ” Righting Climate Wrongs”
The Impossible Rebellion
I spent three days with Extinction Rebellion in London. In the light of the IPCC report that issued a “code red” warning for humanity, the recent horrific weather events, some of which have been widely reported like the New York flooding, and others which have been largely ignored like the drought in Madagascar, the overwhelmingContinueContinue reading “The Impossible Rebellion”
IPCC launch 6th Assessment Report
Today the IPCC launched their report. The IPCC press release is a good summary of the findings and here is an excellent report in the Guardian. “For the tipping points, it’s clear that every extra tonne of CO2 emitted today is pushing us into a minefield of feedback effects tomorrow,” says Prof Dave Reay, atContinueContinue reading “IPCC launch 6th Assessment Report”
