At the Full Council meeting on 20th February South Yorkshire Climate Alliance gathered supporters of groups such as Extinction Rebellion. 5 Rivers Rising Samba Band, Greenpeace, the Trades Council, Nature Recovery Sheffield, the Green Party and Climate Vigil to mark the 4 years that have passed since Sheffield declared a Climate Emergency. The theme ofContinueContinue reading “Four years since Sheffield City Council declared a Climate Emergency. How far have we got?”
Category Archives: Nature Emergency
South Yorkshire Climate Alliance call for cross-party solutions to Climate Emergency.
A guest blog by By Joan Miller from South Yorkshire Climate Alliance Four years ago Sheffield City Council declared a Climate Emergency but since then progress to zero carbon has been far too slow. It is certainly not what the massive gathering of protesters was calling for back in 2019. In 2019 protesters were successfulContinueContinue reading “South Yorkshire Climate Alliance call for cross-party solutions to Climate Emergency.”
Climate Review of the Year
I hope 2022 will go down as the year the world woke up to the climate emergency. Extreme weather events have hit every part of the globe, including Sheffield. So far the planet has heated 1.2C. We are on track for 1.5C by 2030, 2C by 2050, and over 3C by 2100. 2022 was theContinueContinue reading “Climate Review of the Year”
Climate Justice March in Sheffield for COP27
Videos from the Climate Justice Coalition march in Sheffield 12/11/2022
Community Climate Talks in Sheffield hear scientist claim that business as usual will cause 3 billion people to move over the next 50 years.
Fergus, Dr John Grant. Hazel Bober and Steph Howlett. Photo by Peter Gilbert A guest blog by Finn Davison On October 11th, Dr John Grant and the Sheffield branch of Extinction Rebellion held a free, open-to-all, community climate talk at Hallam University. He urged attendees to take action and get involved with activism groups suchContinueContinue reading “Community Climate Talks in Sheffield hear scientist claim that business as usual will cause 3 billion people to move over the next 50 years.”
Angry conservation groups accuse Government of “War on Nature”
Liz Truss’ Government has not started well. Not only have they deepened the cost of living crisis, uniting campaigners from Trade Unions and pressure groups in the Enough is Enough movement, but they have also upset much more conservative, conservation and wildlife groups who have got together to fight what they have called the WarContinueContinue reading “Angry conservation groups accuse Government of “War on Nature”“
Tree-sistance (a rough guide to NVDA)
Last night I was privileged to attend the premiere of the new film Tree-sistance (a rough guide to Non Violent Direct Action) by Graeme Benson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHB6HzRwPQg If you look very hard you will see me in the trailer marshalling a protest! But why do we need another tree film when we already have The Felling?ContinueContinue reading “Tree-sistance (a rough guide to NVDA)”
Adoette Book Launch
Author, Lydia Monks “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better .It’s not.”The Lorax Cr. Seuss I was privileged this evening to attend the book launch of Adoette by Lydia Monks. Lydia began the evening on a very sad note, informing us all that Queen Elizabeth had died.ContinueContinue reading “Adoette Book Launch”
Sizewell C. Is the Government really thinking of the future?
French corporation EDF wants to build two huge nuclear reactors on the fragile Suffolk Heritage Coast called Sizewell C. The new Prime Minister will have to decide if this goes ahead. EDF hopes to make a “final investment decision” by mid-2023. One of Boris Johnson’s last acts as Prime Minister was to pledge £700m forContinueContinue reading “Sizewell C. Is the Government really thinking of the future?”
Could this be the solution to the world food crisis?
Last week the Government announced its new food strategy but was immediately criticised by its advisor, Henry Dimbleby, for omitting most of his suggestions. “It’s not a strategy,” said the founder of the Leon food chain. “It doesn’t set out a clear vision as to why we have the problems we have now and itContinueContinue reading “Could this be the solution to the world food crisis?”
