Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the final part of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The AR6 Synthesis Report underscores the escalating severity of the climate crisis but also highlights the broad range of available policy measures that…
What did COP27 do for public engagement?
The takes on COP27 are out in full force – from relief that a Loss and Damage Fund was finally established after 30 years of developing country advocacy, to disappointment that the text failed to increase ambition on mitigation –…
UK will fail to reach climate targets unless Government drives behaviour change
A new report has revealed that a third of emission savings by 2035 must come from people changing their behaviours. The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee report, In our hands: behaviour change for climate and environmental goals…
Climate anxiety an important driver for climate action
The first-ever detailed study of climate anxiety among the UK adult population suggests that whilst rates are currently low, people’s fears about the future of the planet might be an important trigger for action when it comes to adapting our…
New scientific insights on tackling climate change from the IPCC’s sixth assessment report
By Charlie Wilson & Christina Demski In recent years, more and more countries, cities, companies, and citizens have been trying and testing ways to reduce emissions. Accumulating scientific evidence shines a clearer light than ever before on what works. First,…
The IPCC’s message is clear: social transformation, not a technofix, is needed to tackle climate change
By Lorraine Whitmarsh, Stuart Capstick, Hilary Graham, Claire Hoolohan, Briony Latter, Angela Minas, Caroline Verfuerth, Dan Thorman, Charlie Wilson Monday’s IPCC report makes clear that we are not on track to tackle climate change, and that profound societal change will…
UK public willing to take significant action to tackle climate change
In time for Earth Day 2021 – a critical year for international environmental policy, with major deals in progress on climate, biodiversity, food and oceans – a new poll shows strong support from the UK public for climate action by…
People want a carrot (not stick) approach to low carbon food
This piece was originally published by Business Green and is reproduced here with their permission. Recent headlines that the UK government might slap a carbon tax on burgers and the great British banger have reignited controversy about what tackling the…
Tracking the human cost of climate change: The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change
The Lancet is a heavyweight medical journal – one of the world’s most influential and highly cited. It uses its political heft to make global challenges part of the remit of medical science. In recent years, it has published scientific…