Extinction Rebellion: Arresting Climate Change?
After 96 arrests in 2 weeks #ExtinctionRebellion have got climate change in the headlines. But can this movement last? Founder Roger Hallam and Novara Media’s Clare Hymer join us to discuss.
Tag: climate justice
Climate Breakdown, Melts in Meltdown
On this week’s episode of The Bastani Factor Aaron looks at some of the biggest stories of the week, including the Observer giving space to the most marginalised voices in Britain and the fact that the climate is very likely screwed.
Want to Save the Climate Justice Movement? Join a Union
The climate justice movement has for too long been confined to the fringes of political discourse because there’s been a clear split between climate and labour organising. This urgently needs to change, argues Chris Saltmarsh.
4 Reasons Heathrow Expansion Serves the Few, Not the Many
Plans for a third runway at Heathrow are being voted on by parliament in June. While the Tories are backing the proposal, Labour have prevaricated on taking a position. Here are four reasons Heathrow expansion only serves a wealthy elite - and why it’s high time Labour took a stand against it.
Divestment Is Now Mainstream. What Next for the Radical Climate Justice Movement?
Last week the University of Edinburgh joined universities and municipal governments across the globe in divesting from the fossil fuel industry. As divestment becomes mainstream, where does the radical climate justice movement go from here?
COP23 Is Over. What Did It Really Mean for Indigenous People?
Many have hailed COP23 as a milestone in terms of its inclusion of indigenous people in negotiations. However, grassroots indigenous groups see it very differently.
Climate and Capital: After COP23
James Butler is joined by Asad Rehman and Suzanne Dhaliwal to talk about climate change, global justice, and the aftermath of the latest conference in Bonn.
Climate Change Is Class War – and Fighting It Is a Workers’ Struggle
The climate justice movement is weaker than it should be because workers' struggles weren't embedded within it from the get go, argues Mika Minio-Paluello.
Germany Won’t Save the Environment
Norwegian Court Case Over Arctic Drilling Shows Where the Climate Movement Is Heading
A landmark Norwegian court case, if won, could have monumental implications for climate activism, setting an international precedent for climate lawsuits happening all over the world.
Refusing Survival: What Happens If We Don’t Save the World From Climate Change?
After decades of global negotiations and ‘last chances', the creeping feeling that it’s too late to stop catastrophic climate change is rapidly becoming common sense. So what do we do if we can’t save the world?
5 Reasons Climate Change is a Feminist Issue
From the murder of indigenous women fighting resource extraction to carbon footprint reduction initiatives that focus largely on the domestic sphere, climate change is a crisis that is fundamentally gendered. Here are five reasons climate change is a feminist issue.
What is Climate Debt?
We asked Climate Justice activist Lidy Nacpil to explain it for you. Nacpil is a dedicated and patient organiser with over 30 years of experience campaigning on issues of climate change, gender equality, tax justice and human rights.
5 Reasons Not to Be An Environmentalist
Narratives and strategies that frame the environment as abstracted from people and power aren't going to halt climate change. Here are five reasons not to be an environmentalist.
Report From #Klimademo COP23 Bonn
As part of our Climate Justice focus week Dalia Gebrial and Clare Hymer attended the #Klimademo in Bonn to speak to some of the attendees about climate justice.
COPs Aren’t Going to Save the World
Tomorrow hundreds of global leaders will descend on the German city of Bonn for COP23 – the next round of climate talks. Clare Hymer explains why COPs aren’t going to save the world from climate apocalypse.
Climate Justice Focus Week
What is climate justice? This week Clare Hymer and Dalia Gebrial are in Bonn at the COP23 negotiations reporting on the side of the climate story you usually don’t hear.
Interview with Asad Rehman
As part of Novara Media's Climate Justice focus week Dalia Gebrial interviewed executive director of War on Want Asad Rehman. They discussed COP23, migration, the Labour manifesto and more.