COP 26 – Global day of action for climate justice – Saturday 6 November
COP26:
Join the international protests for climate justice
– Saturday 6 November
Climate change
International Energy Agency gives COP a warning
The IEA World Energy Outlook 2021 sets out in very clear terms and stark figures what the world needs to do to keep below an average temperature rise of 1.5C; and how far short we are falling. It envisages the total investment required will have to rise to $4 trillion a year by 2030 to achieve Net Zero by 2050.
China’s power cuts hint at faster transition
The current power cuts come from a combination of increased demand from manufacturers, a slowdown in coal production, partly caused by improved health and safety measures in mines, and the restrictions put on coal use by national guidelines to restrict carbon emissions.
Gas crisis requires windfall tax on pandemic profiteers and faster transition off fossil fuels
The paradox of Boris Johnson’s assertion that the market will sort itself out is that they are in no position politically to allow the market to do that.
China’s recent commitments on tackling climate change – welcome steps forward
The pledge not to build new coal fired power stations abroad grabbed the headlines, but it went along with an accompanying pledge to “step up support for other developing countries in developing green and low-carbon energy”, that is just as significant.
Labour should be leading the way on the climate
Labour Leader Keir Starmer has recently staked out a distinct position from the Tory government on climate change, that falls well short of what is needed. Labour proposes that £30 billion is put into a “green recovery” – well below the £85 billion investment proposed by the TUC. There needs to be an unremitting campaign to pressure the government, but Starmer is reluctant to challenge it.