If someone saw a cigarette advert on London’s transport they would be shocked. But travellers are surrounded by adverts for high carbon, heavily polluting products, companies and lifestyles.
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Climate reporting deluged by high carbon adverts
The top British papers will do more to promote polluting products and lifestyles during this year’s international climate talks, COP30 in Belém, Brazil, starting on 10 November, if they repeat what they did last year according to a new analysis of coverage of the previous talks, COP29 in 2024.
“Together” in Weather Forecast Photographic Exhibition
Seeing a gallery open call for an exhibition called 'Weather Forecast', it seemed rude not to submit something... and for the next month the image/text picture I submitted (called 'Together') will be part of the show in the utterly charming gallery Badger in the Wall...
Is Love the answer? Hope Tales fifth chapbook gets amorous.
The Rapid Transition Alliance's project Hope Tales has delivered another corker with its fifth chapbook on the subject this time of Love. A group of creative folk gathered as usual for an evening of sharing content, this time in London's Notting Hill. Thanks to all...
World’s largest ad firm, WPP, reported to international corporate watchdog
In a first-of-its-kind action, we’ve reported the world’s largest ad firm, WPP, to the international watchdog on corporate responsibility for breaking rules on climate and human rights and the impacts that result. Alongside...
New Weather Report finds global football pollutes as much as whole of Austria
A New Weather Institute report Dirty Tackle - the growing carbon footprint of football released today reveals that the carbon footprint of the global football industry is around the annual emissions of Austria or around 60% more than those of Uruguay, the nation that...
New alliance to tackle the menace of urban SUVs
The New Weather Institute along with groups such as Scientists for Global Responsibility, Mums For Lungs, the Campaign for Better Transport, and the Badvertising and Adfree Cities campaigns have launched a new alliance to promote a manifesto for safer, fairer streets,...
One Planet Shipping report predicts smaller, cleaner, regional ships
Urgent action needed from the maritime sector of climate targets are going to be achieved - New Weather Report on Shipping “As an Olympian who spends much of his life on the sea, I witness first-hand the problems of ocean pollution and disruption to the climate caused...
New Weather report finds Oil and Gas ‘sportswashing’ now a $5.6 billion industry
The time is now to ask “uncomfortable questions” regarding sponsors who threaten the future of sport, says former Australian soccer captain Craig Foster Hear Team GB Paris Olympic champion, Imogen Grant, speak to the BBC Radio Today programme about the 'Dirty Money'...
Hopeful tales of sport
Sporting Tales - our new book, just published - is about finding more imaginative ways to engage with the unprecedented challenges our times, and brings together a huge range of insight and imagination from elite athletes, academic experts, poets, artists and...