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 […]
Fridays for Future Climate Strike
Some members of our team, Jake, Sue and Lauren, attended the Fridays For Future strike on November 5th in Glasgow. “I’ve learnt more here today than during the time in the official conference green zone. Nothing short of transformational change is required to address the Climate Crisis. People across the world have suffered – and […]
Word Forest in BBC Feature on Deforestation
Our co-founder, Simon West is featured in a very enlightening piece on deforestation by Ros Atkins on the BBC this week. Simon did a handful of television interviews in the Media Zone a few days ago and we were all delighted to see a snippet from one ending up in Ros’s informative short film. Ros […]
Want to Visit COP26 Virtually Today?
The Blue Zone is closed today however the publicly accessible Green Zone is open to visitors both in person and virtually! Many of the Green Zone events are going to live-streamed on their COP26 YouTube channel so if you fancy dipping in and absorbing some of the eco-vibe up here, you can. Check out the COP26 Green Zone […]