Sight-Seeing: Seven tips for ethical shopping this Christmas
SIMON OLDHAM and LAURA SPENCE, of Royal Holloway University of London, provide – in an article first published on The Conversation – some help for those wanting to make ethical choices when shopping…
Wow!: Former coal hub Nottingham aims to become Britain’s first net zero city
SAMUEL BAUGH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how former fossil fuel industry hub Nottingham is aiming to slash its carbon emissions to reach net zero by 2028…
Net-zero: Consumers left in the dark as corporate plans fail to add up
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Many top corporations with ambitious “net-zero” emissions pledges to tackle climate change lack a clear plan to achieve them, and are misleading consumers about how “carbon neutral” their products and services are, researchers warned on Monday. Taken together, net-zero pledges by 25 top global companies – from Amazon to Google – add up […]
Essay: A quick guide to climate change jargon – what experts mean by mitigation, carbon neutral and six other key terms
In an article first published on The Conversation, WÄNDI BRUINE DE BRUIN of USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, looks at some of the key terms that will be heard at COP26…
2020 likely world’s second hottest year, UN says; New Zealand declares climate emergency
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters This year is on track to be the second hottest on record, behind 2016, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday. Five data sets currently place 2020, a year characterised by heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and raging hurricanes, as the second warmest since records began in 1850. Dried-up rivers and creeks can be seen […]
Google pledges carbon-neutral shipping, recycled plastic for all devices
San Francisco, USReuters Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday announced that it would neutralise carbon emissions from delivering consumer hardware by next year and include recycled plastic in each of its products by 2022. The new commitments step up the competition among tech companies aiming to show consumers and governments that they are curbing the environmental […]
CLIMATE CHANGE: CYCLING CITY COPENHAGEN SPRINTS TO BECOME FIRST CARBON NEUTRAL CAPITAL
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how officials in Copenhagen are behind an ambitious effort to make the Danish city the world’s first carbon-neutral capital city…
WOW!: GREEN AND INCLUSIVE? PARIS BUILDS A ZERO-CARBON FUTURE WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE
ZOE TABARY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a former industrial wasteland in Paris has been transformed into an “eco-neighbourhood” and a model for sustainable development…
Big cities vow to make buildings carbon neutral by 2050
Thomson Reuters Foundation Leaders of some of the world’s biggest cities vowed on Thursday to make all buildings carbon neutral by 2050, ensuring they make no contribution to climate change. From London to Tokyo, 19 mayors said they would put in place regulations requiring all new buildings to be carbon neutral by 2030 and all […]