Climate change
An environmental action group is calling for double the amount of trees to be planted to tackle climate change.
A pioneering experiment using heated field plots to test how crops respond to temperature has revealed an unexpected upside of climate change for farmers.
2 December 2019 – Bruce Haase, Senior Associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership shares business and finance insights from a climate risk event on South Africa’s transition to a sustainable future
Peterborough Extinction Rebellion raised a flag on the Town Hall in Bridge Street on Sunday to mark the first day of ‘Election Rebellion’ – 12 days of action by climate change activists across the country.
A climate change-focused election hustings in Norwich was punctuated by climate scepticism from a spectator.
A Cambridgeshire and Peterborough independent commission on climate change will be established to advise the county’s public authorities and businesses on how to reduce carbon emissions.
December 2019: An interdisciplinary and international coalition of scientists have declared a climate emergency and are calling on decision-makers to act on climate change. The paper sets out clear interventions and identifies energy, short-lived pollutants, nature, food, economy, and population size as primary domains for intervention.