You know what? The one thing that scares me more than the thought of a not-so-distant future of climate breakdown, is a future where the far-right dominate our society’s response to climate breakdown. If this happens, we could see something really...
Category - Human Rights
Do the global poor care about climate change?
Do the global poor care about climate change? I was struck by that question at the National Peace Symposium that I attended and wrote about last month. The Caliph of the Ahmadyya Muslim Community spoke about how we need world leaders to prioritize...
Solar power in Africa: INTERVIEW with sustainable development leader
Do you think renewable energy is an expensive high-tech luxury that only affluent countries can afford to bother with? Many people do assume that’s the case, but they’re hopelessly out of date, and in fact haven’t considered the practicalities of...
What I learnt from the 2018 national peace symposium
On Saturday evening I found myself beating my way through the wind and snow to get to the country’s largest mosque. It was right at the end of the Northern Line in Morden, London, which in that weather felt like the edge of the world. I was...
My one problem with the SDGs that drives me crazy
No more poverty, no more hunger. Protect the forests and oceans, clean renewable energy for all. World peace. This isn’t a John Lennon song, it’s UN policy. All these and much much more make up the Sustainable Development Goals – the globally agreed...
3 big reasons climate change is a justice issue
I bet you think of climate change as an environmental issue. It’s mainly about the atmosphere and polar bears and carbon, right? Well, not really. I mean yes – it is partly about those things, but I want to talk about about why climate change...