The UN Climate Talks witnessed a crisis point. Nothing on the table seemed to match the scale of the challenge and corporate interests are rife. As the talks in Poznan in 2008 were coming to an end, we took stock with three key protagonists. To find out more <a href="http://coinet.org.uk/discussion/climate_radio/unct_p"> click here
We continue our coverage of the UN Climate Talks in Poznan, Poland where the big issue on the table is "how to reduce emissions from deforestation"? The big push from investors is to incorporate forests into the carbon markets, but this approach is riddled with problems. Friends of the Earth International has warned that this would "create the climate regime's biggest ever loophole." We speak to Miguel Lovera, chair of the Global Forest Coalition about his concerns and his proposals for an alternative way forward. Meanwhile in Brussels, European country delegates have been agreeing new targets for biofuels for road transport. This will increase deforestation and emissions from other changes in land use. We speak to Robert Bailey of Oxfam International and ask why this disaster has been allowed to happen. To find out more <a href="http://coinet.org.uk/discussion/climate_radio/fab"> click here
We continue our lead in to this year's UN climate talks in Poznan with a look at a proposal that seeks to break the current deadlock and lead to a fair deal which both delivers climate safety and protects the poor. The Greenhouse Development Rights framework is supported by Christian Aid, Oxfam, Stockholm Environment Institute and the Heinrich Boll Foundation. We speak to Tom Athanasiou, Director of EcoEquity and co-author of the GDR framwork.
We start our coverage of this year's UN Climate Change talks in Poznan, Poland with a look at an alternative proposal for a global climate deal called ‘Kyoto2’. The scheme would limit emissions by rationing the production of fossil fuels at source and would generate a trillion dollar fund to help poor countries adapt to climate change, to preserve forests and to help decarbonise the globe. There is also a strong component of direct regulation. We speak to the scheme's architect, Oliver Tickell.
As a result of a massive civil society campaign, the UK will soon pass historic legislation which will bind the government to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. However a major loophole remains which threatens the credibility of the Bill - there is no limit on the amount of international credits the UK can buy up in order to meet this target. Will this loophole be closed before the law is given Royal Assent?
Showing from 4pm on Friday 22nd August - The latest production from the Ecologist Film Unit reports on a special breed of chicken being distributed to Indian smallholders, who now have renewed hope for the future.
It was bred to aid the rural poor, but one bird is also helping break industrialised farming’s stranglehold on India. Andrew Wasley meets the remarkable Giriraja
The Ecologist Film Unit's second release documents how espionage, news manipulation, legal threats and even violence have become the knee-jerk response of Government and big business to the increasingly vocal concerns of environmental protesters in the UK
The Ecologist Film Unit's second release documents how espionage, news manipulation, legal threats and even violence have become the knee-jerk response of Government and big business to the increasingly vocal concerns of environmental protesters in the UK.
It's back. The campaigning climate change programme The Two Degrees Show returns after more than a year's absence from the airwaves with a timely recap of some of the recent science.
In light of the Observer poll last month suggesting that 60% of the population agreed with the statement that "many scientific experts still question if humans are contributing to climate change"; just how solid is the scientific consensus that humans are responsible for most of the recent warming?
This week's guests are Professor Jo Haigh and Dr Stuart Parkinson who have both acted as expert reviewers for the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The most eminent US scientist and head of Nasa, Dr James Hansen, has said that we have passed the tipping point for Arctic and Greenland ice loss. This has dramatic implications for the possible accelaration of the rate of climate change.
We discuss James Hansen's recent findings and their implications with Dr Stuart Parkinson and with Richard Hawkins of the Public Interest Research Centre
Visitors to the Ecologist website can now watch the startling film Hell for Leather – the debut film from the Ecologist Film Unit (EFU), which details the human and environmental costs of cheap leather goods.
Must-have handbags? shoes to die for? From cheap trinkets to luxury car interiors, Jim Wickens discovers the startling facts behind what we buy into when we buy leather goods
Continuing our theme of sustainable towns and cities, Phil England interviewed soon to be ex London Mayor Ken Livingstone's advisor Mark Watts to discuss London's climate change action plan.
Living an alternative, 'green', life is often considered harder if you live in a big city like London but there are plenty of people doing it.
Growing communities is a social enterprise based in Hackney, North London that uses urban gardens, the only organically certified growing land in London, and a network of small organic farmers to produce veg boxes for over 420 house holds in Hackney.
This week's podcast has Phil England talking to Tim Helwig- Larsen for the Centre of Alternative Technology in Wales on how to achieve a sustainable Zero Carbon Britain.
This week's podcast has Phil England talking to Mukti Mitchell. A sailor, author and creator of an excellent online carbon calculator Mukti sailed around the coast of Britain giving talks on how going green improves the quality of life.
Idler editor, author and Ecologist contributor Tom Hodgkinson talks to Phil England about his book 'How to be free' a manifesto for saving the world through doing as little as possible.
