CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is here. We can no longer ignore the rising temperatures, rising seas and extreme weather events.
UN compares environmental damage to war
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that the “planet is broken” and urges immediate change to save it from climate catastrophe.
Achieving net-zero should be a key priority for all countries
The world needs to lower its climate change inducing emissions. However, there are many challenges to achieving this. We have the breakdown.
Advertising is helping to fuel animal agriculture
Advertising that promotes animal agriculture such as meat and dairy are helping to drive an unsustainable industry that is poisoning the environment.
Eat less beef to save lives and help the planet says the Lancet
Animal Agriculture is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than fossil-fueled transport as well as being detrimental to human health.
Youth activists host mock COP26, urge action on climate change
Delegates who attended the Mock COP26 event, after the UN’s COP26 was cancelled this year, make strong demands to world leaders on climate change.
Climate change induced heatwaves are beginning to impact human health – Lancet
New Lancet report shows that rising temperatures and exposure to extreme heat is negatively impacting the health of vulnerable people.
Lawyers want ‘ecocide’ to be considered a legally enforceable crime
Some global lawyers have come together to draft plans for the criminalisation of ‘ecocide’ to be potentially adopted by the international criminal court.
Amazon deforestation worst its been in 12 years
The Amazon rainforest is experiencing deforestation at an alarming rate due to animal agriculture and right-wing politics.
Beef taxes might cost corporates but it will save the planet
Investment initiative FAIRR estimates that a carbon tax on beef could cost 40 meat companies up to US$11.6 billion in profits by 2050.
Cargill: The worst company in the world that you’ve never heard of
America’s second-biggest private company, Cargill, is quickly making a name for itself as an example of industrial food’s destruction of the environment.
10 fascinating documentaries about the threatened environment you must watch!
From Food Inc. to Our Planet, these ten documentaries and docuseries are both invigorating and informational on climate catastrophe.
Climate anxiety sparks fear of having children
Researchers find more people between the ages of 27 and 45 are afraid to have children due to the possibility of climate apocalypse.
Impact of animal agriculture and climate change severely under-reported
The Climate Crisis is the most serious issue facing our planet today: the major cause, Animal Agriculture, is hardly covered in the media.
The global food system must be reimagined to limit global warming
Global temperatures must be kept under 1.5/2C to prevent global warming from becoming a climate crisis that is beyond our control.
UK government to make Climate Risk Reports compulsory for big companies
Conservative politician Rishi Sunak announced a plan that could see big companies in the UK held accountable for climate change contributions.