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Workshop on the Global Biodiversity Framework
William Wilson will be leading a workshop on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework for young climate activists.
The Protect Our Planet (POP) Movement Net Zero Video Series
We cannot think of a better way for this website to celebrate the New Year than to relay to all of our followers at COP26 and beyond this brilliant series of interviews put together by the Protect Our Planet ‘POP’ Movement and Planet Classroom Network! It has so much of what we best like and most admire!
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, agreed by the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal, Canada, in the early hours of Monday 19th December 2022, represents a huge first step on the road towards halting and reversing the precipitate decline in biodiversity and species extinctions.
In this blog we explain the context behind why the agreement was needed, and what it contains.
Energy Efficiency - The UK’s Missing Puzzle Piece
Energy efficiency is the quickest way for the UK to reduce its energy consumption this winter, which is why a new insulation scheme & public information campaign from the Govt are very welcome, if well overdue.
Climate Carnage in Pakistan - COP27
Sincere thanks to our good friends at MOCK COP for arranging to have our film “Climate Carnage in Pakistan” shown in the Children and Youth Pavilion at COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. We felt we owed it to the 12 million Pakistani children whose education has been put at risk to try to take their story to the heart of COP27
Loss & Damage - Briefing Materials
Loss & Damage is one of the most contentious topics being discussed at COP27. Here we provide some thoughts on the negotiations, further reading on the topic, and the relevant text from the Paris Agreement to support anyone negotiating in Egypt.
Climate Carnage in Pakistan: Education Under Threat
Pakistan is suffering from the worst floods in its history. Now, as the global news cycle moves on, the impacts remain devastating - over 20 million people are in need and as of 27th Oct, 1731 are dead, including 645 children.
We have produced a video, that will be shown in the Blue Zone of COP27 in Egypt this year, focusing on just one of the many areas in need: education.
COP27 Resources
For anyone attending COP27 or COY17 climate talks, we have brought together on one web page all the information and resources that we have produced over the last two years, to help you better prepare for this and future climate conferences and negotiations. Please raid it, and help yourselves!
Biodiversity - What it is and why it matters
On 13 September 2022 we caught up with Dr Rich Young, Director of Conservation Knowledge at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, and were privileged to be able to interview him about Biodiversity, and its place within the climate debate.
Climate Change in the Arctic - Impacts of Development on Indigenous Peoples
In the run-up to COP27, we are looking at climate change issues from different angles. We are extremely grateful for this guest contribution from our friend and colleague at Italy’s IARI and PhD candidate Marco Volpe, sent from Rovaniemi in Lapland, where he is researching China’s engagement in the Arctic region.
Planet SOS: Why is Pakistan under water?
An overview of the devastating floods affecting Pakistan. What is happening, why is it happening and what may come next?
UK Govt Net Zero Strategy Deemed Unlawful After Legal Challenge
In a judgement published by the High Court on the 18th July 2022, Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth, the Good Law Project and individual litigant Joanna Wheatley, succeeded in winning their legal challenge that stated the UK government’s Net Zero Strategy did not meet the requirements of the Climate Change Act 2008.
The US Congress Finally Passes a Climate Bill
Yesterday, on the 16th of August, President Biden signed into law the biggest piece of climate legislation that the US has ever managed to pass. The Inflation Reduction Act was the result of years of negotiations within the Democratic party. The bill provides significant investments in climate, energy and healthcare, which are projected to help reduce the US’s CO2 emissions to 40% below their peak by 2030. So how did the bill finally pass, what is actually in it, and what effect will it have?
UN General Assembly Recognises Clean, Healthy, Sustainable Environment as a Human Right
On 28 July 2022, by 161 votes to 0, with 8 abstentions, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution (UNGA 76/300) recognising the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment as a human right.
Updates on Climate Negotiations from a Youth Climate Negotiator
In this blog, Shreya KC, a young climate activist from Nepal, gives us a fascinating update on recent climate negotiations being held in Bonn, Germany in preparation for COP27 in Egypt later this year. Shreya was a campaign coordinator for our friends at MOCK COP and the national youth delegate from Nepal to COP26, she also delivered the opening plenary statement on behalf of YOUNGO at Bonn so is incredibly well-placed to update us on the progress in the most recent climate talks.
Hydrogen Demystified - Part 1
In Part 1 of our Hydrogen Demystified series, we look into what Hydrogen is, how we produce it now, and how we could produce it in a much cleaner way.
West Virginia vs EPA: US Supreme Court defies climate sense
On 30 June 2022, the conservative majority in the U.S. Supreme Court drastically curtailed the ability and powers of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency ‘E.P.A.’ to regulate the greenhouse gas emissions of power plants under the Clean Air Act. In this blog we analyse the ruling, its impact and what it may mean for attempts to fight climate change.
Interview with Bilal Anwar, CEO of NDRMF Pakistan
On 31 May 2022 we were lucky enough to be able to interview Bilal Anwar, CEO of Pakistan’s National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF), an enormously experienced ‘climate policy practitioner’ with wide responsibilities in his home country.