Fantastic reporting by Louise Donovan, Snigdha Poonam + Albert Oppong-Ansah in today's grist

Proud to have contributed 𝙃𝙤𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 research to this vital piece on garment workers' climate struggles in Cambodia, India and Ghana

Check it out here 👇

grist.org/labor/the-worl…

Wishing you an informed but hopeful Earth Day, from everybody at the RGS Climate Change Research Group

Read more in the European State of the Climate Report 2023, released today.

Details here 👇

climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2023

Today is #EarthDay 🌍 From production to disposal, our clothes have a big environmental impact. This year’s theme, Plastic versus Planet, calls for an end to throwaway fashion and the industry’s reliance on fossil fuels 🛢️

Take action! Ask brands #WhatsInMyClothes 🔍 🌱

Happy #EarthDay !

Or as I call it:
Happy BEarthDay to me! 🎂😊
Grateful for all the good people in the world who make it this world a better place for others and a beautiful planet we call home for however many turns around the sun we get to have.🙏🏼💚

Futures of energy are everywhere, but who controls the narrative?

For a critical analysis of net zero discourse, check out this fantastic new paper in Geo, the journal for fresh, critical perspectives on environmental issues worldwide

As artificial intelligence comes to global prominence, what are the implications for governing climate change?

Check out this fantastic commentary by Eric Nost to find out!

Free and available to all here at Geo

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🖥️ #OpenAccess commentary in Geo🖥️

'Governing AI, governing climate change?' by Eric Nost

This piece considers the parallels and intersections between #AI and climate change governance in the context of 'AI for Good' initiatives.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2.1…

🌏⚡️DIALOGUES IN RADICAL GEOGRAPHY #5 ⚡️🌏

We're back talking PUBLIC GEOGRAPHY with PROF DANNY DORLING & DR ANNA PLYUSHTEVA!

🗣️ w/ Danny Dorling News & Anna Plyushteva, SoGE, University of Oxford
📅 25.04, 15.00
📍Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) & online
💸 Free & open to all
🎟️Info & book here rgs.org/events/upcomin…

Our event is drawing to a close. Thanks to all participants and our fantastic speakers!'

Lord Debden: 'Everyone here and everyone online should make am appointment with their MP and say I want to talk about climate change'

Carly McClaghlan: 'We have to br bolder with regulation, because that is what businesses are calling for'

Donal Brown: 'We will increasingly see car free cities and global adoption of that. Some of these things that seem very far away are actually not as far away as they might seem'

Carly McLachlan: 'You have to stop doing bad stuff. You can't just do shiny green stuff...Leadership means more than announcing a really ambitious net zero target'

Kerry McCarthy MP: 'If you want to win people over then you need to have a positive message as well'

Donald Brown: Energy poverty is at almost record levels...We need a long term plan to retrofit 19 million homes...We have to tackle fuel poverty'

Bob Ward: 'There is no doubt that ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco are the enemies of humanity at the moment... They are gambling on the failure of climate policy'

Lord Debden Q&A: 'When people say the UK's emissions are too small to matter - remember that we may only represent 1% of emissions, but 11% of the emissions are registered on the London Stock Exchange'

Lord Debden: 'We have to accept that what the scientists said all those years ago was true, but that it is true at the top end of the predictions, not the bottom'

Bob Ward: 'We have a party in power that has embraced climate change denial'

Very excited to be beginning our 'What's in Store for UK climate Policy over the Next 5 Years' event. Stay tuned for updates!