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    Youth are protesting the lackadaisical stance of the governments of EU countries

    25 May 2019

    The new wave is that the youth are protesting the lackadaisical stance of the governments of EU countries towards climate change. And rightly so, these older generations that make these politics or the lack of them with little regard for the future of the next generation, need a hard kick on the posterior part of their anatomy.

    Young are more open to restructuring of society

    25 May 2019

    Across the UK today, in one hundred and eighteen cities, towns and villages, young people are walking out of their schools and colleges to demonstrate for action against climate change. It’s the latest in a series of school climate strikes inspired by Greta Thunberg. These demonstrations, emerging spontaneously and spreading virally, have had a dramatic impact on politics around the world but they are also a phenomenon that needs explaining. They beg the question: why have young people taken the lead on climate action?

    Apocalypse nears

    01 Jul 2019

    The narrative about Europe heatwave only adds to the bells of alarm that are not just chiming, they are clanging in urgency. Europe heat doesn’t signal need for climate action — it says that it’s almost too late to do much. And reversing the effects of today and this moment will take decades. For example,

    A Final Say referendum can reset the climate debate

    06 Jul 2019

    We have pondered, pontificated, umm’d and ah’d about what Brexit will do to our country’s economy, political infrastructure and our social cohesion. The topic has dominated headlines, conversations and the national consciousness for three years. But the truth is that none of this matters if we allow our world to burn.

    Climate change naysayers better wake up

    27 Jul 2019

    Merely halfway through 2019, the world has already witnessed temperature records smashed from Europe to the Arctic Circle and the year could prove to be one of the hottest ever recorded. This June was the hottest on record, beating out June 2016 — so far the hottest year ever. The first half of 2019 also saw intense

    Early retirement of power plants will help meet targets

    05 Jul 2019

    The power plants, factories, vehicles and appliances in use today could make it all but impossible to meet the goals of the Paris climate accord unless some are retired ahead of schedule, according to an exhaustive new analysis of the world’s energy infrastructure. If allowed to operate for the rest of their expected

    Groundbreaking law to tackle climate crisis

    08 May 2019

    We are at a turning point in the battle to rescue ourselves from climate disaster. The Youth Climate Strikes have inspired a whole new generation, Extinction Rebellion has brought the crisis to the gates of Westminster, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg has told the government in no uncertain terms what it needs

    Veganism is not the answer to climate change

    01 May 2019

    From the school students’ strike, to Extinction Rebellion’s mass protests, to the Labour party’s motion to parliament to declare a climate emergency, capitalism’s damage to the environment is now at the top of the news agenda.

    Reversing land degradation is on India’s radar

    16 Jul 2019

    India is to host a major UN environmental conference in September that will witness the participation of around 197 countries to discuss global strategies required to combat drought and desertification Events leading up to and the main sessions of the fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the United Nations Convention

    Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change

    18 Aug 2019

    Iceland on Sunday honours the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate.

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