Update: March 21st 2018. Cardiff University announced yesterday that it is to stop investing in fossil fuels by 2021. Its statement: “The move to full divestment aligns the University’s investment decisions with our values and aims, and reaffirms our commitment to environmental sustainability, responsible investment and social responsibility. I wrote the piece below the line three years… Continue reading
Posts tagged climate
BA drops plan to power flights with municipal rubbish
Just three weeks after the world’s governments signed a deal to cut Co2 emissions to slow global warming, BA has announced that it has been forced to mothball a project to create 16m gallons of jet fuel from London’s rubbish every year. It cites a number of reasons, (speaking to the Guardian) including low crude oil prices,… Continue reading →
As Paris climate talks start, is it time to aim for a zero carbon world?
It’s down to this. The world simply stops using fossil fuels, as soon as possible, and much sooner than the year 2100. Most delegations heading to the conference chambers of Paris for the vital UN climate talks from governments around the world won’t have it on their negotiating list, yet. Zero carbon is still a bold… Continue reading →
Wild Highlands life in a year of changing weather
A Bird’s Eye View of a Highland Year, by John Lister-Kaye. Canon Gate, £14.99 hardback, £12.99 e-book. Any preconceptions I might have had that this would be the standard “Year in the life of” nature book were summarily dispelled on page 3 of the preface. John Lister-Kaye has run the study centre at Aigas in the… Continue reading →
Leaders as reckless on climate today as with peace in August 1914?
Today, August 4, 2014, must be the most important anniversary any of us have lived through, apart from our own birthdays and key family events. I have looked again at the BBC’s excellent “37 Days”, to try to make sense of that sudden lurch to the biggest catastrophe in human history. (Ironically, the BBC didn’t… Continue reading →