Zena Edwards Reads: ‘Mother of the Forest’
You may have seen the post we popped up last week: The Power of the (Hot) Poem about the amazing project we’ve been involved with from Liv Torc and Chris Redmond: Hot Poets. Our poem was created from the talented pen of Zena Edwards and it’s called Mother of the Forest. Every time I read […]
Lest We Forget
It seems so poignant that the countries of the world are all sitting round the table today negotiating agreements that will save the future of humanity. 103 years ago saw the end of the First World War when, in a railway carriage in a forest in Compiegne, representatives from the different countries signed the treaty […]
Obama Addresses The Youth At COP26
Barack Obama, former President of the USA, gave a powerful 45-minute speech on Monday 8th November – Day of Adaptation, Loss and Damage at the COP26 Proceedings in Glasgow. He included a summary of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the progress made so far and what still needs to be done to meet those targets […]
Perceptions of COP26
I am delighted to join my Word Forest Organisation colleagues this week up in Glasgow for COP-26. I’m looking forward to experiencing the sights and sounds and events, having seen what they have been reporting on during the last week. What really struck me as I travelled up from Lyme Regis to Glasgow via Birmingham is […]
ClimatEducation Crisis – How The Climate Crisis Denies The Right To Education
This session, hosted by the UK Government, Education Cannot Wait and UNHCR, was filled with inspiring discussions, thought-provoking videos and moving stories from those on the front line of climate change – predominantly within Africa. The focus was fragile contexts, the need for an effective education emergency response where the most marginalised children’s education is […]
Can you Handle the Truth?
It is now more than 43 years since the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), with the aim of evaluating climate change science, coordinating research findings and promoting wider understanding of climate change. In particular, the Panel’s principal operational objective is to provide governments at all levels with scientific […]
In Conversation with an Environmental Consultant
One of the main reasons to come to COP26 is to “network”… to meet other people working to mitigate the climate chaos that we all know is coming. Tracey West was interviewed by Stanley Rayfield, an environmental consultant attending COP26 from PlanetPod, abut then she turned the cameras and microphones around to ask him for […]
COP26: What to Take In and Take Out from Week 1
We’re already halfway through the COP26 conference – it’s gone SO fast! If it’s been hard for us up here in Glasgow to keep tabs of all the major achievements, announcements and positive solutions we’ve found, then no doubt you’ve found it hard back at home! So, with that, here’s my COP Week 1 Round-up: […]
When a Politican’s Answer isn’t Enough…
…we must challenge it! Interestingly, at a discussion last week Chaired by our Patron, Clare Nasir, we were advised by one of the most senior civil servant panellists to do precisely that. Our short video below shows me talking about our climate crisis with the MP for Vancouver North, Jonathan Wilkinson. Lauren Beavis and I […]
