You may have noticed that there’s a big climate conference coming to Glasgow. From 31st October, Glasgow will host COP26, which is being heralded as the ‘last best chance’ for meaningful, binding climate agreements to keep global carbon emissions below 1.5C.
Read More69% of young people aged 16-24 view climate change as an immediate and urgent problem, and in 2019, for the first time, this view was shared by a majority of people in every age group too. However, this increase in concern has not been matched by an increase in climate action. In order to try to address this, the Scottish Government is currently consulting on a draft public engagement strategy for climate change, called “Net-Zero Nation”.
Read MoreLiving through a global pandemic has raised a lot of paradoxes. All the complex systems that govern our lives are shown to be fragile whilst simultaneously, we see how adaptable and resilient people and communities are when faced with life-altering challenges. With our world thrown into turmoil, we are suddenly faced with the harsh reality that we have tried to ignore. This system is not working.
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