As the world gathered on 22nd April to celebrate Earth Day, which in 2013 carried the message of climate change, people were encouraged to upload positive stories on social media. Danish provocateur and self proclaimed sceptical environmentalist, Bjørn Lomborg, took a different approach. In a column on

Yesterday, I wrote about the fact that CO2 levels in the atmosphere were about to hit 400 parts per million (PPM). This is significant because humans have never before endured this amount of greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere. The world we're building for ourselves is a dangerous one...

Last month, London Mayor Boris Johnson announced what could be very ambitious changes to London's cycle infrastructure, pledging nearly £1 billion worth of funding to the scheme.

His plans which includes a Crossrail style cycle route that would run at least 15 miles from West London to East...

Education Secretary Michael Gove has for several years been campaigning for climate change to be removed from the national curriculum for under 14-year-olds in the subject of geography. This has now moved forward and has officially been proposed by Gove's department which has opened a consultation period on the issue.

In the Western world, we mainly think of 'solar' as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels situated on rooftops, which generate energy as the sun shines on them. Of course solar is now far more than that, and has expanded into a multi-faceted global business sector with a wide variety of products....

Denmark, a country that despite its small size and population, continues to be seen as a world leader on sustainable development, green growth, energy efficiency and bold carbon reduction plants. The country was once a world leader in both offshore and onshore wind power, and marine energy; today they only...

Around 71% of our planet's surface is covered in water, hence we quite often refer to it as the blue planet. It's a whole different world that the majority of us, including myself, do not know much about.

It's also a part of the world that we are wrecking at...

One certainty in the world of climate science is that climate sceptics are constantly looking for gaps in how climate science is being reported in order to exploit them and fundamentally question whether climate change is actually happening.

This is exactly what happened in the run up to the 2009...

This was meant to be a blog about Waitrose's relationship with fossil fuel giant Shell (Waitrose had been considering plans to open up shops in Shell petrol stations across the country), calling on Waitrose to end their partnership with the mass polluter.

But Waitrose must be mind-readers because on...

A recent YouGov poll, showed overwhelming public support for renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Despite this in a report released last week by the clean tech unit of the PR consultancy CCgroup indicates that renewables are in fact mainly portrayed negatively in the majority...

Three years go in Copenhagen, on the eve of COP 15 (the UNFCCC's climate change talks), a group of international newspapers decided to publish the same leader calling for urgent action on climate change. Three years down the line, this urgency has not curtailed; erratic weather patterns and warnings from...

As the election results started to come in on Tuesday night, the world held its breath and questioned whether it would avoid the disaster of a Romney presidency? The results were unbelievably close, in some key swing states almost neck and neck, all in stark contrast to the outside world...

As the superstorm Sandy, also nicknamed Frankenstorm, attacked the US East Coast and New York City this week, it quickly became apparent that despite the commendable and quick response by the communities under threat, there was nowhere near the preparedness nor infrastructure in place to deal with this severe assault...

Even though the story has already been broken by Greenpeace and the Guardian, it's expected to be made official this week that the Arctic ice sheet has now reached its lowest thickness in the history of humanity, beating the previous 2007 global low.

In my mind there can...

When London won the Olympic bid, it was claimed that these would be the 'greenest Olympics ever'. While there have been some important green strides, some of which undoubtedly can be used to inform future major sporting events, it's been disappointing that so many of the initial green pledges have...

What is a blog? What is Social media? Eh, what? That might have been the answer you would have gotten ten years ago had you posed those two questions. But I don't think is a secret to many that in the last ten years we have witnessed a massive revolution...

21st June is Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and traditionally a day of festivals and celebration. In the high North, past the Arctic Circle, it's the first first day of the 'midnight sun' period in which the sun does not set for the rest of the summer,...

As we in London go to the polls on 3 May, we have to decide on the best option for London for the next four years. It's a difficult choice and you have to decide what you think is the priority for London.

Is it to stimulate economic growth?...

Last week, several UK water companies introduced a hosepipe ban. They subsequently admitted they were unsure about how long it would stay in place for. All will depend on how much rain we will get - something that isn't very likely, even though a lot of people are...

Brixton Energy, a London-based community energy co-operative, formally launched their first 'Solar 1' project this week. This involves placing solar panels on social housing on the Loughborough estate in Brixton, one of the most deprived estates in the UK.

This is the first initiative of the co-operative; a project that...