Tories climate crisis response ‘unlawful’ again rules High Court
For the second time in less than two years, the High Court has found the UK government’s inadequate climate crisis strategy to be unlawful. Tories breaking the law on the…
Oil companies on trial over climate crisis knowledge from the 1950s
Oil giants have been spreading disinformation as part of a decades-long campaign to shut down important environmental policies. A new report from US congressional Democrats is the culmination of a…
G7 falling short on tackling the climate crisis
On Monday 29 April the Group of Seven (G7) convened for two days of climate crisis talks in Turin. This was their first big political meeting since the UN’s annual…
Ad agencies ditch fossil fuel corps en masse over climate crisis
Ad agencies have ditched the fossil fuel industry en masse – with 1,000 companies leaving big oil and gas to feel the heat. However, some are staying faithful to these…
BP AGM disrupted by climate crisis protesters
Climate crisis campaigners have been arrested after disrupting BP’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday 25 April at the BP International Centre for Business and Technology, London; accusing shareholders of having…
Climate crisis is now disproportionately affecting Asia, WMO says
Climate crisis-driven disasters are disproportionately decimating Asia. These are the findings of a new UN report on weather-related disasters in 2023. Although global temperatures hit record highs last year, the…
Climate crisis set to devastate Europe even more than in 2023
The threat from climate crisis-driven extreme weather is ramping up in Europe. A new report has warned about the risks of increasingly deadly summers across the continent. In a year…
Teacher recruitment crisis as government misses own targets again
Nearly nine in 10 local authorities have seen a rise in teacher recruitment vacancy rates since 2010, new analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) shows. The news comes as…
GMC targeted over failure to act on huge public health crisis
Doctors belonging to the Planetary Health Coalition joined together with members of the public on Thursday 18 April to demonstrate outside the General Medical Council (GMC) in protest at its…
governments to feel the heat over the climate crisis
Governments will be feeling the heat on Tuesday 9 April – as the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will rule in three separate court cases over failings on the…
Shell in court for ignoring 2021 climate crisis judgement
Shell squared off against seven environmental groups in a Dutch appeals court on Tuesday 2 April, with climate activists accusing the multinational oil giant of failing to implement a landmark…