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Climate change is about people not polar bears

on September 17, 2010 9:19 AM

By Christine Ottery If Amnesty International is campaigning against it, that means climate change has become a global humanitarian issue.Better known for supporting prisoners of conscience, Amnesty has recently begun to turn its attention to using human rights as a......more

Tonight at the club: What is the human cost of climate change?

on September 16, 2010 12:44 PM

The UK government should keep the promises it gave to the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit and give more funds to halting harmful emissions and their effects on poorer countries. That's according to a report released on Thursday by the World Development Movement, which scrutinises developed countries'......more

Drawing the Horizon line: Public apathy and the oiligarchy

on July 13, 2010 10:43 PM

Despite the recently - or temporarily - ended Gulf of Mexico oil spill debacle, governments, oil companies and the public are not going to get serious about shifting away from oil or really clamping down on the industry any time......more

Climate change: is the coalition up to the challenge of the next five years? Watch our debate in full

on June 17, 2010 10:29 AM | 1

As if the most stringent cuts in a generation, mounting debt, a precarious global economy and an uneasy political alliance wasn't enough for the Lib-Con coalition to deal with, the government is also tasked with finding answers to the most......more

Inconvenient timing: Selling the climate change story after climategate

on May 19, 2010 7:23 AM

While last autumn's climategate scandal has not completely decimated the public's belief in global warming, campaigners and scientists need to reach out to unconventional audiences and getter better at communicating the facts if they want to tell - and sell......more

What now for the climate change debate?

on May 10, 2010 12:51 PM

This discussion is in association with the Global Campaign for Climate Action and Communications INCBy Camilla HedborgOur discussion on Tuesday 18 May will be devoted to the issue of climate change and asking what challenges are ahead for campaigners and......more