Feb 07, 2024
Neil Kitching
A hint of good news in my blog today, partially inspired by a talk I attended by Chris Stark, the Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee.
Feb 04, 2024
Herb Simmens
Yet another Climate Conference of the Parties - the 28th - has ended with no commitment or effective strategy by humanity’s leaders to prevent a catastrophic increase in climate extremes.
Jun 07, 2023
Neil Kitching
Ban, legislate, regulate, cajole…which is the best option to tackle the climate emergency? We need bold action to tackle our climate crisis.
May 05, 2023
Neil Kitching
The single most important thing most of us can do to cut our carbon emissions is to install a heat pump closely followed by buying an electric car, or even better, owning no car.
Aug 16, 2022
Neil Kitching
It is relatively easy to calculate your direct carbon footprint from heating your home, the electricity you use and from your travel. However, in wealthier countries around half of our carbon footprint arises from what we buy and consume.
Aug 09, 2022
Neil Kitching
Exciting news. I bought a second-hand electric vehicle (EV). A big expense. Was it worth it?
May 11, 2022
Neil Kitching
Government advisers are struggling to recommend ways to heat our homes that are effective, acceptable to the public, not too expensive and don’t pollute our atmosphere. Here are my personal thoughts on this great conundrum . . .
Apr 28, 2022
Alexander Cunliffe
I was born in 1956 in a small coal mining town on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. In those days, the local population almost exclusively used coal as a source for heating . . .
Aug 12, 2021
Alex Carlin
Nobody wants people to dump toxic waste into the oceans. But tragically, the very same natural micronutrients that are the most crucial for the oceans to be healthy and generate climate-restoring photosynthesis have been mislabeled by some as “toxic.”
Mar 10, 2021
Dr. Peter Carter
The Security Council needs to acknowledge the unprecedented global climate change security emergency and produce an emergency global climate change security threat report.