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A Moment of History

The evening of 12th December 2015, when the historic Paris agreement on climate change was finally confirmed. The President of the COP, Laurent Fabius, was taking no chances on objections and banged his gavel with the words ‘hearing no objections’ barely uttered. For all its limitations, the agreement is clear signpost setting the world in the right […]

Making Trouble for the bad guys

Bill McKibben – in a grabbed comment the co-founder of 350.org combines pessimism about the Climate Summit with determination to fight on -“I just get up in the morning and make trouble for the bad guys.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ikfj9XvxU&feature=youtu.be view it here.        

Kumi Naidoo’s Anger

The indomitable Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, let fly at the fossil fuel companies at the Paris Climate Summit. In a snatched live interview with Peter Armstrong he explained why.      

British boxing champ takes on Anuradha – in the ring and on climate change

Chris Fensom, who was crowned British Light Heavyweight (MMA) boxing champ this November, is very, very tall. Hence his nickname ‘The Giraffe’. Together with his follically-challenged friend Daren Headley, aka the Slaphead, he interviewed Anuradha Vittachi, founder of OneClimate, about climate change. The pair run a series of popular podcasts, The Slaphead and The Giraffe, usually bantering about lighter […]

Freshwater: The Real Meaning of Rain

MYTH: There’s so much rain and ocean, you can’t suffer serious water shortages unless you live in a desert Homer Simpson was joyous: ‘Water, water everywhere,’ he says to Bart on a fishing trip, ‘so let’s all have a drink!’ The Ancient Mariner was gloomy: ‘Water, water every where, nor any drop to drink.’ These […]

Clean Energy for All

The most effective gamechanger in the struggle against dangerous climate change could turn out to be simple economics: the fact the renewable energy is fast becoming competitive with fossil fuels. In many countries it is only the high subsidies on fossil fuels that are keeping them artificially cheaper. But now that is changing. And very effective […]

Doctors as Climate Advocates

In was right on mission for the Hedgerley Wood Trust when we were invited to produce the video coverage of this week’s Sustainability Summit at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. One particularly powerful interview was with the psychiatrist and environmental activist, Dr. Hugh Grant-Peterkin.