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Evangelising from 32,000 feet: why call for more greens to fly is wrong

Kevin Anderson By Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted:

In November 2013, Brendan May wrote a piece for the Guardian’s Environment Blog on ‘Why more environmentalists should fly’. In this article, Professor Kevin Anderson, Dr Dan Calverley and Maria Sharmina respond, strongly arguing the case against having more jet-setting greens.  It was with growing dismay that we read Brendan May’s blog post, in which […]

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A fair COP? Climate summit good for engagement, but progress was oh so slow

Alice Larkin By Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted:

At last week’s Conference of the Parties (COP) in Warsaw, key figures met to discuss the small matter of how to combat climate change by cutting carbon emissions. Dr Alice Bows-Larkin travelled there with colleagues, using research to highlight to policy players just how much carbon emissions need to be cut if catastrophic temperature rises […]

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