Climate change
Climate Conference: Empty cheers after Paris agreement
Simply obscene – the wealth of the 1%
Capitalist profiteering is destroying our planet
“This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate” by Naomi Klein
Climate change – preparing for war
90 corporations responsible for two thirds of global emissions
Environment: Profit-fuelled global warming
Philippines: Typhoon destruction aggravated by capitalism
Typhoon Haiyan (‘Yolanda’ in the Philippines) has caused destruction on a massive scale. This storm was three times more powerful than Hurricane Katrina, which killed 1,400 people in the United States in 2005.
Climate change – just how can it be tackled?
This September, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a highly anticipated report detailing the latest findings on global warming. Drawn from the meticulous, peer-reviewed studies of over 800 leading scientists, the IPCC document refutes claims that climate change is uncertain, in decline, or not caused by human activity.
Environment: Climate change accelerates
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the main cause of global warming, has reached a critical level. Carbon dioxide is released by the burning of coal, gas and oil, so called fossil fuels.
