Action on climate emergency
Support climate crisis film – Settle’s local MP has been asked to support the televising of film about the climate crisis by Settle’s climate emergency group (ACE). The Group has written to Skipton and Ripon’s MP Sir Julian Smith.
Climate going beyond limits the United Nations is warning, as the Earth’s climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN’s weather agency warned recently. The World Meteorological Organisation says that our planet is gaining much more heat energy than it can release, driven by emissions of warming gases …
A worsening climate crisis briefing took place in Westminster on 27 November. Ten of the UK’s leading climate and nature experts briefed an invited audience of over 1,200 politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media with the latest implications for health, food, national security and the economy. The worsening climate and …
New figures are showing that more CO2 in 2025 has been released than ever before. With talks in Brazil scheduled to end today, countries remained divided on a road map to transition away from fossil fuels. This is another sign that efforts to fight climate change by cutting emissions are moving far too slowly to …
Labour must improve climate actions in an interesting week in the debate about climate change. On Wednesday 30 April UK’s climate watchdog, the Climate Change Committee, reported that the government was putting people, the economy and the environment in increasing peril by failing to act on the effects of the climate crisis. Later that day …
Crunch time for climate says UN as a massive global mobilisation of renewable energy, forest protection and other measures is needed to prevent the world reaching a catastrophic temperature rise of 3.1C, a report from the UN environment programme (Unep) has found. It says that current carbon-cutting promises by countries for 2030 are not being …
Marching to restore nature is the focus of environmental campaigners “biggest march” to save the natural world and protest for urgent political action to “restore nature now.” Extinction Rebellion (XR), The Wildlife Trusts, WWF, UK Youth for Nature, the Woodland Trust and more will unite on the streets of central London from 12 noon on …
Despite an 13th hour deal calling on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels, has there been an opportunity lost at COP28? The deal recognises the need for deep, rapid and sustained reductions if humanity is to limit temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Whilst welcomed by some governments, many don’t think …
COP28: Now We Rise saw Action on Climate Emergency (ACE) members attending our Green Café meeting on Saturday 9 December (pictured) marking a Day of Action for Climate Justice, along with others across the UK and Globe. COP28 Now We Rise was called by the Climate Justice Coalition to coincide with the last three days …
Barry White From global to local: making a difference to tackle climate change and raising raising awareness, is key in campaigning on the climate emergency. David Howlett (pictured)who lives in Malham and works for the UN Climate Change High Level Champions, explained tothe 11 November Green Café meeting in Settle held by ACE (Action on ClimateEmergency) the …