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The first ever World Humanitarian Summit, held in Istanbul last month, is symptomatic of everything that is wrong with our world and our politics today. It brought the global political theatre, which has replaced real action at the UN in recent years, to new lows. These lows are all the more reprehensible when the lives […]
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Ireland’s first frack
On Tuesday 17th May exploratory drilling for oil began in Woodburn Forest, near Carrickfergus, County Antrim, the first adventure of fracking on this island. There are serious concerns about a lack of transparency and democracy as the project comes to life, despite an official moratorium on fracking. Campaigners point to a litany of governance and […]
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New divestmentality
The global climate movement is making a comeback. In the last two years alone it has managed to mobilise millions of people on to the streets. Over 500 institutions worldwide, with assets worth €3.5tr have committed to taking their money out of the fossil-fuel industry. The key shift has been to focus squarely on the […]
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Full cycle
A bicycle is a simple machine but for cycling culture to be built vision and determination is needed. And funding.
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Meathane
A joint of meat is more damaging to the climate than a long-haul flight
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Pray he’s wrong
Hansen believeswe are looking atmulti-metresea-level risesin the coming decades, not centuries.
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Kevin Anderson says climate predictions are foolishly optimistic