There is a definite global crackdown against climate activists

In an article on the Guardian website Nina Lakhani discusses how the global crackdown against climate activists and groups seems to be clearly part of the fossil fuel industry’s strategy to crush dissent and keep burning the planet. This follows an article by Damien Gayle on the Guardian website earlier this week showing that research … Continue reading There is a definite global crackdown against climate activists →

New EEA report on ensuring justice in sustainability transitions in Europe

As Europe strives to lower greenhouse gas emissions and decouple economic growth from resource consumption, various social groups and regions face unequal challenges. According to a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published this week, ensuring justice in sustainability transitions requires combining corrective measures to address potentially regressive social consequences of the green transition … Continue reading New EEA report on ensuring justice in sustainability transitions in Europe →

Modern sport reflects society’s oil dependency

Theo Lorenzo Frixou, PhD Candidate, Social Sciences, Loughborough University writes on The Conversation website about how the fossil fuel industry is so entrenched in modern sports. Whether it be in the form of high-profile sponsorship deals, sporting equipment made from petrol-based products like carbon fibre or flying to meet the demand for ever more fixtures, … Continue reading Modern sport reflects society’s oil dependency →

Conceptualising just transition litigation

In an article on The Conversation website, Annalisa Savaresi, Senior Lecturer, Environmental Law, University of Stirling and Joana Setzer, Associate Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science define and conceptualise the phenomenon of ‘just transition litigation’. This concept provides a new frame for … Continue reading Conceptualising just transition litigation →

Targeting art galleries – what makes this form of protest so unpopular with the general public, and why climate activists have continued to return to galleries despite, or even because of, the resulting social outrage

The recent jailing of two Just Stop Oil activists has raised many issues. Alexander Araya López, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Potsdam and Colin Davis, Chair in Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol have been analyzing activism and in an article on The Conversation website discuss the issues to help us understand better. What are your … Continue reading Targeting art galleries – what makes this form of protest so unpopular with the general public, and why climate activists have continued to return to galleries despite, or even because of, the resulting social outrage →

Energy in Demand News, September 29, 2024

Six weeks before COP29, the UN climate summit, the Climate Action Tracker rates host Azerbaijan’s climate action “critically insufficient.” The report came out during New York climate week, held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The Climate Action Tracker assesses national climate plans and it said that Azerbaijan was one of the few … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 29, 2024 →

The tourism industry’s engagement with climate justice is well overdue

In an article on The Conversation website, Bobbie Chew Bigby, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Adjunct Professor / Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management/, University of South Australia discuss their new report arguing that the tourism industry needs to consider climate justice before undertaking any climate actions. … Continue reading The tourism industry’s engagement with climate justice is well overdue →

Identifying the fuel poor in Britain

Just weeks after the UK Committee on Fuel Poverty published its 2024 on progress in addressing fuel poverty, the topic gets more airing as the UK government cuts the Winter Fuel Allowance to millions of pensions as the government tries to stem a hole in the budget. The problem is that many of these pensioners … Continue reading Identifying the fuel poor in Britain →

A “how to” guide for climate scientists to use and understand justice language

In an article on The Conversation website, Kian Mintz-Woo, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork writes about the need for a shared justice language in our discussions on climate change. Climate science needs to talk more about ‘justice’ – here’s how philosophy can help Climate scientists have all kinds of … Continue reading A “how to” guide for climate scientists to use and understand justice language →

Energy in Demand News, September 15, 2024

The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union proposes to exempt aviation and shipping from fuel tax for the next 20 years, according to Transport and Energy, Europe’s leading advocate for clean transport and energy. In an article posted on the eceee website, Transport and Energy says the Hungarian Presidency has put forward … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 15, 2024 →