The Debrief
James Butler is joined by James Meadway and Adrienne Buller to break down the outcome of Labour Conference: will radical policy translate to radical action?
Tag: climate
It’s Not Just Brazil’s Forests That Are Burning, Bolivia Is on Fire Too
While nobody is surprised that Jair Bolsonaro's far right policies have led to enormous destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, protesters in Bolivia say the country's leftwing president Evo Morales is responsible for fires there too.
Power Beyond Borders: Climate Activists Target the Hostile Environment
Inside the climate camp where people within the environmental justice movement are learning to work together with activists on the frontline of fighting for migrants’ rights.
Brexit and the Climate Crash: Time for a Reality Check
The political impasse surrounding Brexit has created a significant distraction from the news that we have 12 years or less to ensure the future habitability of the planet. Steve Rushton argues it's time to point to the anti-climate motivations of some of the highest profile Brexiteers and put climate change back on the agenda.
Climate Apocalypse Vs. Liberal Utopianism: The Arguments For and Against the End of the World
Over the past few days there have been a series of arguments and rebuttals around a recent New York Magazine article about impending climate catastrophe, opening a debate about what facts mean for environmental action and the politics of fear.
4 Reasons Zac Goldsmith Is the Worst Kind of Eco-Hypocrite
Having resigned his parliamentary seat following the government's decision to push ahead with a third runway at Heathrow, Zac Goldsmith is today contesting the Richmond Park byelection (with no Conservative opponent) in a stunt to rescue his political image.
Exposing London’s Dirty Energy Complex: 5 Companies (and Industries) Causing Climate Change
Climate change is being driven by more than just big name oil and gas firms like BP. A whole network of industries contributes to and relies on environmental destruction. Here are five of the worst offenders based in London.
5 Reasons the Fight for Energy Democracy Starts in Communities
Since its inception in late 2015, Switched On London has gone from strength to strength in its campaign for energy democracy. Now the campaign is looking to build a community-led movement to take on fuel poverty.
IMF Report: For a System of Stability, Capitalism is a Risky Business
As the IMF strives towards restoring market ‘confidence’ amidst growing boom and bust and the worsening effects of climate change, it’s time to ask: when does confidence begin to look like foolishness?
Victory to the Heathrow 13! Against the Airport and Its World
13 activists who staged a protest on a Heathrow runway last year have today avoided the custodial sentences the climate movement had feared.
6 Reasons We Need an Intersectional Approach to Climate Change
At the recent London Climate March, stewards tried to push the Global South bloc to the back of the protest, exemplifying the way NGOs routinely sanitise the environmental movement in spite of the people worst affected by climate change.
COPing out: what will it take to overcome the environmental movement’s impasse?
COP21 Special: The UN Climate Change conference (aka COP21) begins today in Paris. Following the recent attacks, the planned protest marches have been banned, but should that really leave the environmental movement struggling for ideas?
If we want to challenge terrorism, we need to tackle climate change
Sunday Long Read: Following the Paris attacks, the French authorities banned planned marches at the forthcoming UN Climate Conference. This is counterproductive for tackling ISIS: the climate movement needs to be listened to in order to tackle terrorism.
6 Things at Stake at the UN Climate Change Conference
With current trajectories pointing to a 5°C global temperature rise, COP21 represents a formidable opportunity to address climate change at an international level. Factors at stake range from climate refugees to today's Canadian election.
6 Ways to Fight Climate Chaos
Climate change is an issue so big it can be paralysing, with proposed solutions appearing either hopelessly inadequate or hopelessly ambitious. This article proposes that the fight against climate chaos has to begin with those who are trying to gain from it.