On the 9th of August 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its sixth assessment report on climate change. As with previous reports, it confirms that human activity is directly responsible for global warming, and that without immediate drastic action we stand very little chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C. This is the […]
Article by Sarah Bach, a volunteer for Climate Justice for All It seems strange to put Switzerland in a line with other countries affected by climate change: not because we don’t suffer from climate change as well but because we, as Swiss people, should be very aware of how our problems stand in relation to […]
Friday thoughts by Shamiso Winnet Mupara, Executive Director: Environmental Buddies Zimbabwe Trust. In August 2018 I had an opportunity to visit Cornwall, South-west England. The purpose of the trip was to visit the EDEN Project, an educational attraction featuring two enormous domes containing thousands of species of plants (pictured above). While in Cornwall, I would […]
On 30th April 2021, it was announced that the Methodist Church in Britain had sold its shares in Royal Dutch Shell and Equinor, two large fossil fuel companies. Revd Dr Stephen Wigley, Chair of the Joint Advisory Committee on Ethical Investment, said that “Shell, along with its peers, is currently failing to play a substantial […]
