Global temperatures ‘on course for 4°C rise’

Jul 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy & Legislation, Sustainability & Environment 0

Global temperatures are currently on course to rise by up to 4°C, twice as far as the limits set out in the Paris Agreement. That’s according to asset manager Schroders, which has published a...

Global flood losses ‘could hit $52bn a year by 2050’

Jul 18, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment 0

If climate change continues unabated, global flood losses are expected to increase to $52 billion (£39.9bn) per year by 2050 from $6 billion (£4.6bn) in 2005. This flooding will have...

Grassroots climate action steps up in US

Jul 17, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment 0

A new initiative has been launched to drive subnational climate change efforts across the US in the face of limited national leadership. Following President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the...

Sweden says it will go ‘carbon neutral by 2045’

Jun 20, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy & Legislation 0

The Swedish Government has announced it intends to make the country carbon neutral by 2045. The legislation was approved by an 86% majority of 254 to 41 and will come into effect on the 1st...

Building sector ‘must go zero carbon by 2050’

Jun 02, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Low Carbon 0

The building sector must operate at ‘net zero carbon’ by 2050 to limit rising global temperatures to 2°C, as outlined in the Paris Agreement. That’s according to a new report from the World...

US leaves Paris Agreement: The world responds

Jun 02, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy & Legislation, Sustainability & Environment, Top Stories 0

Donald Trump’s announcement yesterday that the US would pull out from the Paris Agreement on climate change, has already been met with a raft of negative reactions from around the world. The...

President Trump pulls US out of Paris Agreement

Jun 01, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy & Legislation, Sustainability & Environment, Top Stories 0

President Donald Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. The move, which fulfils one of his earliest and most controversial campaign promises, sets the US at odds...

Donald Trump ‘poised to leave Paris Agreement’

Jun 01, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy & Legislation, Sustainability & Environment 0

President Donald Trump is reportedly poised to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. The move would set the US at odds with the 194 other nations which signed the deal and fulfil...

EU climate laws ‘threatened by Eastern Europe’

May 30, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy & Legislation, Sustainability & Environment 0

The EU’s climate laws could be undermined by a mutiny from Poland and the Czech Republic. That’s according to documents seen by news website Climate Home, which says the Eastern-European states...

‘May must convince Trump on Paris Agreement’

May 08, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy & Legislation, Sustainability & Environment 0

Theresa May needs to use her influence to convince Donald Trump to keep the US part of the Paris Agreement on climate change. That’s according to a number of charities and environmental groups,...