Topic: Environment
The ‘green new deal’ supported by Ocasio-Cortez and Corbyn is just a new form of colonialism
Blog / 7th May 2019In the new energy revolution, we risk perpetuating the belief that rich countries are entitled to a greater share of the world’s finite resources irrespective of who we impoverish in doing so, or the destruction we cause. By Asad Rehman.
Destruction of nature is as big a threat to humanity as climate change
News / 7th May 2019We are destroying nature at an unprecedented rate, threatening the survival of a million species – and our own future, too. But it’s not too late to save them and us, says a major new report.
Notes from a remarkable political moment for climate change
Blog / 2nd May 2019We're in a new climate moment, but social movements must ramp up pressure towards a Second World War–scale mobilization for ending the fossil fuel age, writes Bill McKibben.
Greta Thunberg is right – only a general strike will force action on climate change
Blog / 25th April 2019Every day at work we all contribute to a system that is burning us alive. Downing tools on 27 September will help change it, writes McEver Dugan and Evan Cholerton from Earth Strike.
The importance of equity and finance for more climate ambition
Article / 11th April 2019Finance has always been a contentious issue at climate change talks, but developing countries will only dare commit themselves to greater emission cuts when they are assured that the monies pledged will come through, writes Prerna Bomzan for Third World Resurgence.
With ‘ecological foundations of society’ at risk, warns UN, hope resides in urgent global action
Blog / 21st March 2019A comprehensive United Nations report released on Wednesday found that while global human health is under dire threat from the climate crisis and industrial pollution, there is still a window for bold and urgent action if world leaders would but seize it, reports Jake Johnson for Common Dreams.
Greta Thunberg’s speech to UN secretary general António Guterres
Blog / 11th March 2019In a speech given at the UN Climate Change Conference in Poland (COP24), 15-year-old Greta Thunberg cuts to the heart of the challenge and calls for the principle of equity to be upheld through structural transformations and sharing the world's resources.
If America can find $716bn for the military, it can fund the Green New Deal
Article / 8th March 2019At long last the political debate in the world’s richest country is vibrant with proposals that would help the most vulnerable in our society. And what do we hear in response? A growing chorus of naysayers.
Can an unequal earth beat climate change?
Blog / 8th March 2019Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require major disruptive shifts, which people will tolerate only if they believe that everyone is sharing in the sacrifice, the wealthy and powerful included. A review of recent climate change reports, by Sam Pizzigati at Inequality.org.
Parliament must declare a climate emergency – not ignore it
Article / 4th March 2019To avoid climate catastrophe, we must go beyond what is considered politically possible. A Green New Deal would mobilise resources on a scale unprecedented in peacetime, to tackle the climate emergency and address spiralling inequality, writes Caroline Lucas.