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Ecologist G7 June 21
https://theecologist.org/2021/jun/11/one-humanity-one-planet-how-g7-can-safeguard-resilient-future

Neil Kitching - Carbon choices

Scottish author's new book on climate change

Scottish geographer and energy specialist Neil Kitching has sent us a summary of his new book 'Carbon Choices' on the common-sense solutions to our climate and nature crises.
February 2021

The founder of the international Transition Towns movement asks why true creative, positive thinking is in decline, asserts that it’s more important now than ever, and suggests ways our communities can revive and reclaim it.

(An article from the publisher's website about Rob Hopkins' 2019 book 'From What is to What if?', now newly available in paperback.)

Nobel Prize Summit April 2021

Our Planet, Our Future - An Urgent Call for Action

A statement inspired by the discussions at the 2021 Nobel Prize Summit, issued by the Steering Committee and co-signed by over 100 Nobel Laureates and experts.

Interview with Johan Rockstrom

The Observer 29 May 2021 Jonathan Watts

Johan Rockström is one of the world’s most influential Earth scientists and director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. He advises governments, corporations and activists about the latest research on the climate and biodiversity and argues for better science communication.

Two views on the run-up to COP26

Paul Mason in The Ecologist of 12 April 2021, and Catherine Brahic, Environment editor of The Economist, on 6 September 2021, offer cautiously pessimistic views of the prospects for COP26.

UK’s net zero plan falls short on ambition and funding, say critics

The UK government’s long-awaited strategy for reaching net zero emissions falls short on ambition and is not backed up with adequate funding, experts and campaigners have warned.
October 2021

Think big on climate: the transformation of society in months has been done before

Fatalism creeps across our movements like rust. In conversations with scientists and activists, I hear the same words, over and again: “We’re screwed.”
Monbiot October 2021

A Farewell to Copitalism - Reflections on COP26

Brendan Montague editor 'The Ecologist' magazine and online
12 November 2021

The COP26 conference has failed to usher in a new era where capital is constrained to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown.

Levelling up or Localism - Simon Kaye

Dr Simon Kaye for CapX ( a British online newspaper and 'news aggregator' founded by the Centre for Policy Studies in 2014), reprinted in Scottish Community Alliance newsletter 26 January 2022.

IPCC Human Impact press release February 2022

This introduces the report of the second working group of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report. This group examined the human inpact of climate change, the vulnerability of human societies and the possibilities of adaptation.

Fifty years after 'The limits to Growth', Dennis Meadows is interviewed by Richard Heinberg

Short-termism and self-interest in reaction to climate change.

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