by Simon Bowens | Feb 25, 2019 | Climate science, Divestment, Energy, Fossil fuel extraction, International News
Former UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-Moon, has called on the UK Government to stop funding fossil fuel projects across the world. In a rare criticism of an individual country’s conduct, he described the billions of pounds granted to high-carbon oil and gas...
by Simon Bowens | Dec 14, 2018 | Climate science, Divestment, Energy, National news, Transport
Here’s a roundup of climate change news from Yorkshire and further afield for the month: IPCC Report demands “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented” changes The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on Global Warming of 1.5C...
by Simon Bowens | Dec 13, 2018 | Climate science
PWC’s Low Carbon Economy Index 2018 published in October details how none of the G20 countries are on track to meet commitments to keep global temperature increases below two degrees (nevermind the 1.5 degrees demanded by the Paris Agreement. The report also...
by Simon Bowens | Aug 16, 2018 | Climate science, National news
A new report from the Stockholm Resilience Centre highlights the risks that, even if we were to meet our Paris Agreement commitments, there is a risk that we enter “Hothouse Earth” conditions. These would see global temperature rises of 4-5 degrees above...