Browsing: Climate Change

The Daily Express says EXTINCTION Rebellion activists are staging protests at Amazon warehouses across the country on Black Friday.

The Daily Express says THE FAMILY of an Insulate Britain campaigner jailed for his role in a series of high-profile protests on Britain’s motorways has begged strangers to pay his London rent while he’s behind bars.

The Independent says Police have arrested 120 people in the past week after climate activists blocked major bridges linking central and south London.

The Guardian says The UK will continue to press governments around the world to cut greenhouse gas emissions urgently in the next year.

The Independent says The European Commission has proposed a law to prevent the import of commodities linked to deforestation, such as coffee, cocoa, soy, and beef.

TRT World says The Amazon Rainforest’s deforestation rates show major repeated increases under since Brazlian President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January 2019.

The Metro says A major investigation has been launched into sewage treatment works after an public outcry over the amount of pollution found in the UK’s rivers.

The Daily Mirror says Nine Insulate Britain activists have been jailed at the High Court for breaching an injunction designed to prevent the group’s road blockades.

Aljazeera says The Pakistani city of Lahore has been declared the most polluted city in the world by an air quality monitor.

Greta Thunberg among young people filing legal suit for systemwide climate emergency to be declared a global level 3 emergency UN to declare ‘systemwide climate…

TRT World says New national pledges to tackle climate crisis this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, far above safe levels.

The Independent says Greater action this decade must be at the heart of the final agreement from the Cop26 climate summit, the UK has said.

The Independent says As the Cop26 summit in Glasgow enters its second week, the issue of “loss and damage” is taking centre stage at the meetings today.

BBC News says the UK is pledging £290m to help poorer countries cope with the impact of climate change, as the COP26 climate change summit enters its second week.

It has long been known that the world’s richest are fuelling the climate crisis and despite the pledges, can the rich really be the world’s problem and solution?

The Metro says The Cop26 climate summit has been predictable in many ways.

The Guardian says The carbon dioxide emissions of the richest 1% of humanity are on track to be 30 times greater than what is compatible with keeping global heating below 1.5C.

Aljazeera says The British government says the “end of coal is in sight” after Poland, Vietnam and Chile and other countries pledged for the first time to phase out coal-based power generation and stop building new plants.

The Independent says a schoolgirl from India who created a solar-powered ironing cart has called on Cop26 to “stop talking and start doing” when it comes to tackling climate change.

The Daily Express says the climate change conference is taking place in the Scottish city for the next two weeks.

BBC News says Most big UK firms and financial institutions will be forced to show how they intend to hit climate change targets, under new Treasury rules.

The Daily Mirror says Leonardo DiCaprio has been spotted causing quite a stir walking through COP26.

The Daily Express says INSULATE BRITAIN protestors are currently in negotiations with the police after the group took their protests UK-wide for the first time.

The Independent says Israel’s energy minister has said she was left unable to take part in today’s proceedings at Cop26 as the venue was not wheelchair accessible.

BBC News says More than 100 world leaders will promise to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the COP26 climate summit’s first major deal.