Broader Action

The Audacity Of Action

From Grief To Leadership

Same question, different pundits. What did you think about the outcomes from this year’s global climate summit COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh? Above all, we apparently want to hear analysis of technocratic...

Join Us On The Global Stage

Oct 20

As I write this, the longest ever non-stop relay is well over half way along its route from Glasgow (the host of last year’s global climate summit, COP26) to Sharm El-Sheikh (the host of COP27 in Nov...

Possible To Do, Impossible To Ignore

Sep 30

Thousands of runners are joining a record-breaking relay effort to pass a baton 7,767km through 18 countries. The baton contains a climate message that will be delivered to world leaders in November...

The Most Important Place To Be

Aug 18

Last October, I set off from Camden and walked 500 miles to COP26 in Glasgow. Part of a small team of walkers, we wanted to engage individuals and groups more widely on climate action. For humanity t...

Are You Sitting Comfortably?

Jul 21

Can we really be running out of time if we’ve given ourselves until 2050 to get to net zero greenhouse gas emissions? After all, the UK government has a solid net zero strategy in place and a legally...

Inspiration At Your Fingertips

Jun 28

What do all of the following have in common? Native Architects’ new low carbon office, built using locally-grown hemp, straw, wood fibre and cork. A Swift conservation project in the Carse...

Decade Zero, Year Two

May 22

We celebrate our charity’s birthday on May 22 and Carbon Copy turned two this year. What a rollercoaster the last twelve months have been, from coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions at the start to...

Hetty Key: We Can Do This!

May 09

‘Running Out of Time’ is the longest non-stop relay ever attempted, in the name of climate action. Carbon Copy speaks with Hetty Key at The World Relay about this extraordinary event and what we hope...

Together

May 03

Do we really need people to join together locally to address a global climate challenge? Whether you realise it or not, we've already entered the next phase of decarbonisation in the UK where furt...

Keeping Our Heads Above Water

Mar 30

When it comes to flooding in the UK, we seem to be heading for a perfect storm. Sea levels continue to rise. Global warming will cause warmer, wetter winters. Extreme rainfall events both in su...

1000 Climate Action Stories

Jan 12

We’re working on an ambitious drive to start 2022 with over 1,000 inspiring stories about collective climate action hosted on Carbon Copy. Since we launched in May 2020, our primary aim has been to s...

Hope Is Alive… And Kicking!

Nov 17

It would be easy to feel disheartened by the final watered-down statement, the Glasgow Climate Pact (GCP), signed off by 197 countries at COP 26. Although tougher than previous COP agreements, it doe...

Hannah Garcia: Green Squirrel

Nov 16

Hannah Garcia, of Welsh social enterprise Green Squirrel, tells us about the huge and exciting range of climate and nature-saving intiatives her organisation is working on.

Reflections On Walking To COP26

Nov 09

It has been easy to get wrapped up in the latest announcements from the global climate summit in Glasgow. To be overexcited or hugely disappointed by the headlines of countries that are – or are not...

Crichton Carbon Centre: Why Peatlands?

Oct 26

Back in March, the Crichton Carbon Centre published a blog about why peatlands needed to be on the COP26 agenda. We’ve teamed up with them to give another 5 reasons why these important habitats need...

Corporate Offsetting Is Never Enough

Oct 12

In the race to zero, companies are racing to invest in carbon offsetting schemes to mitigate their greenhouse gas emissions. More progressive organisations, however, are heading in a different direct...

On The Road, With Carbon Copy

Oct 06

Six Walk2COP26 walkers are setting off from London tomorrow morning – on the start of their incredible 510 mile journey to Glasgow ahead of the much-anticipated COP26 summit. Along the way, they w...

Jemimah Shaw: Our Future Is Now

Sep 28

We, the young, are deeply concerned about our future. A recent survey investigating eco-anxiety in young people found that 59% feel very or extremely worried; over 50% feel sad, anxious,...

Friends of Carbon Copy: Planet Mark

Sep 20

We are delighted to have the support of Planet Mark as Carbon Copy shares the same belief that all of us must work together – councils, communities and companies – to halt the climate crisis and embr...

Sam Baker: Climate Action Needs Company

Sep 02

I’ve been working on a project called the Goal 13 Impact Platform for over a year. It’s an initiative formed by the CBI, A4S, Chapter Zero, the Met Office, Dell, and Deloitte to create a free and ope...

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