Around 2,000 protesters, many carrying signs and bearing trade union logos, marched towards Downing Street, the prime minister’s official residence. Other protests took place in Scotland and Wales. Source link
Read More »COP27: US climate envoy John Kerry tests positive for Covid-19
Kerry’s illness is sure to add to worries about the speed of negotiations at the climate conference in Egypt, which were expected to end on Friday but are continuing with no clear end in sight. Source link
Read More »King Charles will not attend COP27 after PM Liz Truss ‘objected’: report
Her newly assembled cabinet contains a number of ministers who have expressed scepticism about the so-called 2050 net zero goals, while Truss herself is seen as less enthusiastic about the policy than her predecessor Boris Johnson. The Sunday Times said she is unlikely to attend COP27 – the 27th Conference …
Read More »Protesters in UK decry climate change after record heatwave
The UK’s Met Office weather agency recorded 40.3 degrees Celsius (104.5 degrees Fahrenheit) in England on Tuesday, the highest temperature registered, Source link
Read More »Amid heatwaves and floods, time is short to make good on climate pledges
The current pledges of financial and policy support are nowhere near enough to meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. Instead of protecting carbon-emitting industries, the world needs economic diversification and green jobs for a just, sustainable transition. Source link
Read More »Hundreds protest in UK cities over rising cost of living
Hundred of people protested in London and other UK cities on Saturday, demanding government action to tackle the sharply rising cost of living, Agence France-Presse photographers reported.One of the marches organised by The People’s Assembly headed for Downing Street in London where they called for the resignation of scandal-hit Conservative …
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