One of the main reasons many people fight climate change is to preserve the future for their children. But how can you get your children to look after the environment themselves? As complex as climate change and its solutions are, getting your children to engage with environmental issues doesn’t have to be difficult, dull or […]
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Research On UK Public Willingness To Pay To Fight Climate Change
Just days after Prince Charles’ landmark speech about the perils of climate change at COP21 in Paris, new research reveals just how little UK citizens are willing to pay out of their own pockets to fight it. In the first study of its kind, Tanya O’Garra and Susana Mourato of the London School of Economics […]
Routledge publishes guide to EU’s climate policies
Set against the backdrop of the 2015 UN Climate Change conference in Paris, this book will be of great relevance to students, scholars and policy makers alike. This newly published book, edited by Jos Delbeke and Peter Vis, was written to explain the EU’s climate policies in an accessible way. The book demonstrates the step-by-step […]
Record-breaking Earth Hour Unite The World On Climate Change
On Saturday, 28 March 8:30 p.m. local time, individuals, businesses, cities and landmarks around the world will switch off their lights for one hour to focus attention on climate change. As the lights go out, Earth Hour supporters will also be contributing real climate solutions to combat the globe’s biggest environmental challenge. This year, Earth […]
Borneo’s Orang-utans new hope despite deforestation and climate change
New conservation research has discovered that up to 74% of current orang-utan habitat in Borneo could become unsuitable for this endangered species due to 21st century climate or land-cover changes. However, the research has also identified up to 42,000km2 of land that could serve as potential orang-utan refuges on the island, and could be relatively safe new […]
Is Global Climate Change Inevitable?
The evidence of global warming is all around us, so why can’t we admit what we really all know – that it is now too late to stop dangerous climate change from taking hold? What could we think, and how could we act, if we did admit it? John Foster’s new book, After Sustainability: Denial, […]
Climate change commitments could hurt low income families
MPs are concerned that the new cost of climate change commitments might hurt household budgets with the largest effect being felt by low income families. Concerned MPs stated that making some of the poorest households in the UK pay for environmental commitments that were made by the Government is unfair and therefore should be scrapped. […]
Heatwaves and flooding to become more common due to climate change
A new report has found that flooding and heatwaves will continue to be more common over the next few decades as a result of climate change. The report cemented the belief that global warming will cause more unpredictable patterns around the world. For instance, the study states that the heatwave in November last year in […]
Researchers discover Antarctic rift as big as the Grand Canyon
Researchers believe that a rift in the Antarctic that is as deep as the Grand Canyon is may be causing an increase in the amount of ice melt that is released from the cold continent. Via the use of ice penetrating radar, a team from the UK was able to identify the Ferrigno rift and […]