Carbon capture and storage
Source: The overshoot myth, the Conversation
Dr Diana Warner – GMC Fitness to Practice Tribunal
On 15 August a Medical Practitioners Tribunal hearing, convened by the General Medical Council, suspended retired GP Dr Diana Warner’s license to practice for three months following a finding of professional misconduct. The tribunal’s decision comes after Dr Warner breached an injunction order from the High Court preventing her from protesting on the M25 motorway, …
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State repression of environmental protest and civil disobedience: Position Paper
State repression of environmental protest and civil disobedience: a major threat to human rights and democracy. Position Paper by Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention, February 2024.
Statement from UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst
A video statement delivered by Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention, at Lawyers Are Responsible’s Climate of Injustice conference in London on 12 April 2024. Mr Forst states: “In January 2024, I was in London for a couple of days to meet with environmental defenders and Government representatives. I had …
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Breaching 1.5˚C
Breaching 1.5˚C New fossil fuel projects will breach 1.5˚C In 2021 the International Energy Agency concluded that there could be no new oil or gas fields or coal mines if the world was to reach net zero by 2050. The UN Secretary General stated in April 2022 that “investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and …
The UK’s Carbon Circle
PRESS RELEASEMay 10, 2023 NEW REPORT REVEALS EXTENT OF UK LAW FIRMS’ INVOLVEMENT WITH FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES US-based law student climate organisation releases report outlining the impacts of the UK legal industry on climate change A first of its kind report by Law Students for Climate Accountability (LSCA) exposes the London’s legal industry ties with …