Unearthing the Roots of Global Climate Protest Movements: A Spotlight on New York City’s Climate Mobilisation Sponsored In a landscape increasingly attuned to the pressing demands of climate action, movements advocating for robust policy changes have burgeoned worldwide. A pivotal event amidst the host of climate protests emerged in New York City on August 8, 2023, when Extinction Rebellion NYC (XR New York City) allied with People v Fossil Fuels in a [...]
Tackling challenges in climate and nature Sponsored Some of Scotland’s leading research scientists may have raised a glass of the world’s first “climate positive” gin to celebrate The James Hutton Institute receiving the King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development. Gin produced from the humble garden pea which avoids more carbon production than it creates is just one innovation that scientists at [...]
Floating cities or climate visas: Is this the choice for environmental migrants? long read The climate crisis could force over 1bn people from their homes by 2050. Some 150m p ople are currently living on land that will be below the high-tide line by 2050. T
Explainer: Rishi Sunak vs the climate lobby July 7, 2023 Rishi Sunak has a thorn in his side that won’t go away, unfortunately for all of us: the climate crisis. This week, his government faced legal action over its revised climate strategy from campaign groups including Friends of the Earth and Good Law Project. The campaign groups went to the High Court challenging the climate [...]
A Heated Convergence: Mass Demonstration and Climate Conversations in NYC October 16, 2023 Amidst the sprawling urban landscape of New York City, a cry for environmental prudence and policy transformation echoed through the corridors of power and the public spaces alike, as tens of thousands convened on a sunny day in September 2023. This congregation was not an arbitrary assembly but a planned mass demonstration, formulated by Earthworks, [...]
UN Climate Ambition Summit: Activism and Corporate Awareness October 16, 2023 By SIGWATCH The UN Climate Ambition Summit, an international gathering that brings together world leaders, corporations, and civil society to discuss and commit to specific actions to tackle climate change, serves as a focal point for discussions on global environmental policy. The summit is a veritable playground for activism, as it offers NGOs, advocacy groups, [...]
Climate change doesn’t have to be a culture war issue May 13, 2024 Protesters who vandalise our heritage make climate change a divisive issue. But when it comes to the environment, we all win or we all lose, says Frances Lasok When we are under pressure, our hands start shaking and our mind goes blank. That’s because when we’re scared our bodies flood with the chemicals necessary to [...]
The UK and the UAE must work together to beat climate change April 29, 2024 With an enabling regulatory environment, a world-class legal system, multifarious global connections and access to incredible talent and skills, the Square Mile is perfectly placed to help the Gulf nations achieve their green ambitions
Osborne Clarke drops signature from legal climate charter January 22, 2024 City headquartered law firm Osborne Clarke has dropped its signature from a legal initiative designed to support law firms with transition to Net Zero. Legal Charter 1.5 was an initiative developed collaboratively by a group of large City law firms ahead of London Climate Action Week last June. At the time, eight law firms were [...]
The ‘biggest climate law ever’? What CBAM means for the UK December 19, 2023 “The biggest climate law ever in Europe, and some say in the world,” Peter Liese, lead negotiator for the European Parliament said. In reference to the Paris Agreement? Europe’s New Green Deal? Biden’s IRA? Nope – Liese was describing the carbon border adjustment mechanism, known to nerds by the catchy acronym CBAM. This wonkish-sounding legislation [...]