UK Climate Emergency Blog

The Audacity Of Action

Wilful Kindness

“Humankind”, the latest book by Rutger Bregman, will make you think very differently about your fellow human beings if, like most people, you have a pessimistic view of their true motives. According...

Bicycle Mayors

Aug 02 · 6 mins

We cannot reduce overall carbon emissions and meet legislated national targets without addressing head on the UK’s biggest emitter, the transport sector. The main source of these emissions are the pe...

Can We Walk Away From Owning A Car?

Jul 29 · 7 mins

It’s mind-boggling when you think about it. As much as fifty percent - yes, half - of inner-city land consists of roads and parking spaces, reports the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. In one of the UK’s...

Rob Greenland: How To Build A Movement

Jul 28 · 6 mins

Our aim at Zero Waste Leeds is to build a movement. What exactly do we mean by that? In summary, for us it's largely about engaging with people from across Leeds who want to play a part in us moving...

People’s Green New Deal

Jul 23 · 6 mins

The Green New Deal is an ambitious plan to secure a safe climate and fairer society, by totally transforming our economy. It is not intended to be a single policy, but a bold programme of policies, i...

Asher Craig: Discovering Gold

Jul 21 · 2 mins

There are many existing projects, products, and initiatives in Bristol which help local communities take more effective climate action, including repair cafés, local parks groups, wildlife and f...

Making The Money Work Harder

Jul 16 · 5 mins

Building Back Better is a slogan that’s been painted onto the sides of a pretty diverse collection of wagons, but they’re all on the same trail, and have a similar destination. In essence, it’s about...

Beyond Sustainability

Jul 13 · 6 mins

Conventional economics is degenerative. Business as usual depletes our finite natural resources faster than they can recover and we become inevitably poorer as a result. The exciting idea of ‘buildin...

Friends Of Carbon Copy: Centre For Responsible Business

Jul 10 · 4 mins

Carbon Copy is privileged to receive support and advice from some of the brightest minds at Birmingham University’s Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business. Building the foundations for...

Committed To 100%

Jul 07 · 5 mins

It is entirely possible to transition the energy system of the UK to one hundred percent renewables. Professor Mark Jacobson and team have developed individual roadmaps for 139 countries to transform...

Local Power

Jul 03 · 6 mins

The climate problem is an energy problem. In 2018, almost one-quarter of all net greenhouse gas emissions in the UK were estimated to be from energy supply. Reducing the carbon intensity of electrici...

Friends Of Carbon Copy: ADEPT

Jul 02 · 4 mins

Carbon Copy is delighted to have the support of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT), who represent Place Directors from county and unitary auth...

From Paris To Home

Jun 27 · 2 mins

What road are we on and how should we travel to get to our destination? The ambition of the Paris Agreement is for humanity to emit no more greenhouse gases than the planet can absorb, by 2050. To ac...

Coming Up For Air

Jun 25 · 2 mins

‘What if we had this sort of air quality not because everyone is forced to sit at home but because we managed the shift to clean transport and energy?’ So said Lauri Myllyvirta, lead author of a C...

Reallocating Roads

Jun 24 · 5 mins

If cities belong to people, why are we building them for cars? Before the advent of the automobile, city streets were human spaces. They were thoroughfares and public places where people would meet,...

Negative Emissions Technology: Winner 2020

Jun 12 · 6 mins

Did you know that stopping the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not enough to avoid global warming of two degrees Celsius? Emissions cannot be cut fast enough to keep the stock of gree...

Working With Nature

Jun 10 · 6 mins

What does working with nature look like to help protect us from climate change impacts? You might as well as ask, how long is a piece of string? We can do everything from protecting and restoring nat...

Calling Up A Conservation Corps

Jun 08 · 4 mins

Many of our towns and cities are located in biodiversity-rich areas – beside a river, along the coastline or on a floodplain – where the abundance of life favoured the location for settlement. With d...

Blurring The Boundaries

Jun 05 · 4 mins

Architects, planners and we as residents have control over our built environment and have the power to reinvent the role of greenery within our towns and cities. By changing how we design and live in...

Climate Justice

Jun 02 · 4 mins

Why are we talking about climate justice this week? Shocked and appalled by George Floyd’s killing in the USA, it is impossible to remain silent in the face of systemic injustice. It’s critical...

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