It’s Earth Day this week, and according to CarbonBrief the first three months of 2020 were the second warmest on record. With COVID-19 understandably distracting the world from conversations about environmental degradation and #climatecrisis, Liz Emerson, IF Co-founder, discusses the huge potential for the greening of the economy post-COVID
Category: Environment
COVID-19: Why we cannot justify bailing out airlines
The UK government is facing increasing pressure to spend billions of pounds to unconditionally bail out the aviation industry during the COVID-19 crisis. IF researcher Melissa Bui explains how refraining from offering such carbon-intensive industries a lifeline helps tackle both COVID-19 and climate change
Should deep-sea mining be allowed to go ahead?
The Future We Need and the Goa Foundation are running a campaign to ensure that future deep-sea mining activity respects principles of intergenerational equity. The Intergenerational Foundation is supporting this initiative. Melissa Bui outlines the demands of the campaign and how individuals and organisations can show their support
Will 2020 be a “year of climate action”?
Earlier this month, the Prime Minister announced that 2020 will be a “defining year of climate action”. IF Researcher Melissa Bui outlines some of the changes we should be expecting to take place this year
Dutch people vs climate change
In December 2019, after almost six years of battling between the Dutch state and its citizenry, the Netherlands’ highest court ruled for the plaintiffs (the Urgenda Foundation and 886 citizens), stating that the Dutch government must reduce its emissions in line with its human rights obligations. Cameron Leitch explains the importance of this case in… Read more »
Alternatives to plastic: are they any better?
Many young adults are currently concerned about the impact which their plastic consumption could be having on the environment. However, new research suggests that we still don’t know enough about the environmental impact of plastic alternatives to be certain that they are actually better for the environment than plastic, as David Kingman explains
The Climate Emergency: an intergenerational failure
Climate change is a headline issue in intergenerational justice, says Elle Maher, a BSc Mathematics student at the University of Bristol. Policy-makers need to consider environmental sustainability in order to ensure future intergenerational fairness
Can tree-planting mitigate climate change?
Tree-planting is often cited as the antidote to CO2 emissions. So is it just a question of planting more trees? Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, looks at the realities of this solution
Flight shame is not enough – only price changes behaviour
Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, argues that, if the cost of air travel was raised to reflect its true environmental damage, it would discourage air travel sufficiently to reduce that damage dramatically
Dear Boris, Here are 10 tips for reducing the UK’s carbon footprint…
IF Researcher Melissa Bui and Co-Founder Angus Hanton outline 10 steps that the Prime Minister can take to steer the UK towards its goal of carbon neutrality