Category Archives: Current Affairs

Rebecca Willis, Lancaster University The Scottish government’s decision to row back on its 2030 climate pledge illustrates the crux of any target: it’s easy to set one with a big political flourish, but harder to follow through with a careful … Continue reading →

MOHAMED ABDULRAHEEM / shutterstock Antaya March, University of Portsmouth; Cressida Bowyer, University of Portsmouth, and Steve Fletcher, University of Portsmouth Plastic pollution spans the globe, yet national policies are generally not effective enough, and have so far focused primarily on … Continue reading →

Sam Fankhauser, University of Oxford The Scottish government has rescinded its 2030 target of a 75% emissions cut to greenhouse gas emissions, relative to 1990. The target was statutory, meaning it had been set in law in the Emissions Reduction … Continue reading →

StockStudio Aerials Matthew Carl Ives, University of Oxford; Belinda Wade, The University of Queensland, and Saphira Rekker, The University of Queensland Just 57 companies and nation states were responsible for generating 80% of the world’s CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels … Continue reading →

Making a few simple eco-friendly food choices can be healthy and cost-effective too. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Katherine Appleton, Bournemouth University and Danielle Guy, Bournemouth University Do I choose the meat in my local store or drive out of town for … Continue reading →

Shawnwil23/Shutterstock Jack Marley, The Conversation The seasons aren’t what they used to be. People who live in Earth’s middle latitudes are accustomed to a spring, summer, autumn and winter. If you’re in the northern hemisphere, you may have noticed plants … Continue reading →

Dudaeva/Shutterstock Stephen Lezak, University of Oxford and Kaya Axelsson, University of Oxford Carbon offsetting – where companies or governments atone for their carbon emissions by buying credits to fund projects that are supposed to remove emissions from the atmosphere – … Continue reading →