Memorandum of Understanding for interested groups By Extinction Rebellion Extinction Rebellion has introduced a Movement of Movements strategy as a crucial part of the International...
Archive for category: climate change
Have I got the Bonn blues? Time to look forwards to COP25 in Chile
By Trish O’Beirne Having spent most of my academic career in the happy company of students finding creative solutions to the climate crisis, the reality...
Ballon de Paris: Taking Climate and Weather Monitoring Off the Ground
By MIRIAM ACZEL Paris—that beautiful city of cheese and wine, boat rides and picnics along the Seine, museums and breathtaking architecture—and what better way...
Fridays for Future protests strive to make climate action a priority for policymakers and businesses alike
By MATTHEW CAPUANO-RIZZO Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion participate in a “Die-In” on June 28 in front of the Washington Post building to advocate...
Scary Science? Teaching Kids the Facts About Climate Change
By MIRIAM ACZEL Our climate is changing, and more rapidly and drastically that we thought. While geological evidence shows that Earth’s climate has constantly been...
Climate vs. Weather: Asking and Answering Sticky Questions
By MIRIAM ACZEL As a PhD student studying climate change and impacts of fossil fuels on the climate, I’m interested in public engagement, and how...
What do we produce 2.6 million pounds of, every single second?
By Carole Douglis Hint: While weighty, it’s nearly light as air…. That would be carbon dioxide. A few more million pounds just wafted forth while you puzzled...
Climate as a Security Issue: A UK Perspective
By SHIRIN HAKIM & MIRIAM ACZEL The relationship between climate change and security has become a point of critical debate between researchers and policymakers, as they grapple with...
Capacity Building for a Greener World
By Beth Offenbacker If you’re focused on capacity-building for Climate Change and a Green Economy, you’ll want to listen to Beth Offenbacker’s report from the recent Green...
7 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint in 2019
By Tania Longeau Climate change is a terrifying reality. The science behind it is complex, and there are a lot of unknowns in terms of...