By using the government’s coronavirus response as a blueprint for tackling the climate crisis the government can instil social and economic change that will cement Britain as a global leader in tackling climate change. Both the coronavirus pandemic and the…
Since the imposition of a national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many Londoners are hearing birdsong from their homes for the first time. With the constant background hum of traffic all but silenced, the daily avian chorus…
Nordic countries are frequently hailed as a model political system, their consistent domination of happiness tables is often cited as the reason for the North being the best of what Europe has to offer. However, this picture is different when…
This time last year, Extinction Rebellion (XR) were making huge tides of people start to think about their impact on the environment, as well as realising the impact of climate change. But now, it appears they have hit a standstill…
In light of the emergence of Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg, alongside claims that the world is on fire, world leaders and the general populace have begun taking the climate emergency much more seriously. The UK government has promised to make…
From bush fires in Australia to increased flooding in Britain, the effects of climate change have become ever more apparent in 2019. Consequently, it is unsurprising that governments and sectors of industry such as the music industry are trying to find ways to combat…
It is no new thing to suggest that the Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests of recent weeks have missed the mark. With many activists doing everything to be arrested, some observers have taken a dim view of the movement as a…
With the influence of young activist Greta Thunberg and strikes taking place across the world, climate change is an issue which has dominated politics across the world. Despite Brexit and the NHS being at the forefront of British politics at…
My own father is deeply sceptical about Extinction Rebellion. A scientist himself, he has no doubts about the need for radical action to tackle climate change and its increasingly inevitable impacts. His core concern, rather, is the movement’s apparent failure…