Full Coverage: United Kingdom
October 2009
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31.10.2009
None of the top 10 Conservative bloggers believes that man-made global warming is an established fact; all 10 reject David Cameron's view that the issue should be an urgent priority if the party were in government.
more...Related topics/regions: [Politics] [Climate change] Image: Climate change chart: scientific credibility
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30.10.2009
£6.50 for a loaf of bread, £7 for a box of cornflakes and £18 for a pint of beer - these are the prices we could face in 2030 unless urgent action is taken to prevent dangerous climate change, says a new forecast.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [Climate change] |
28.10.2009
What Fatima Did… was adopt the veil, to the amazement of her teenage classmates and friends. This sharp, fast-moving play shows what happened next.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Culture] [Religion] [Race Politics] Image: Arsher Ali and Gethin Anthony in What Fatima Did (Photo: Alex Rumford)
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28.10.2009
Primark opens its new London store next month amid claims that Britain's leading cheap fashion retailer is expanding by exploiting overseas garment workers.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] |
27.10.2009
A handful of companies are showing progress in their commitments to buy and use sustainable palm oil, yet the majority - contrary to their commitments - are failing to buy the product in spite of its availability, according to a Palm Oil Buyers’ scorecard.
more...From: WWF International |
25.10.2009
New UK population projections published this week provoked concerns that food and energy supplies cannot keep up. But it's not just our numbers that are straining the limits.
more...Related topics/regions: [Consumption] [Population] Image: School in Burundi © Judith Basutama / IRIN News
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25.10.2009
A British MP is urging colleagues to back a parliamentary motion in favour of a 55 mile an hour speed limit, an end to domestic flights by 2011 and a requirement that TV must provide at least two hours viewing a week on the climate crisis.
more...From: Campaign against Climate Change Related topics/regions: [Activism] [Climate change] Image: The CarbonNeutral Company joins Stephen Byers MP and Colin Challen MP (centre) to launch the first All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group, 2005
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25.10.2009
The 3rd Native Spirit Festival is a season of films, talks and performances promoting the Cultures of Indigenous people.
more...Related topics/regions: [Information & media] [Indigenous rights] Image: Native Spirit Festival
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22.10.2009
An exhibition of the winning images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition are on show at London’s Natural History Museum.
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22.10.2009
"When a feisty young married woman inspires a church minister known for his inappropriate choice of women to join a campaign to end poverty, the result is an explosive mix that takes them into a world that neither bargained for."
more...Related topics/regions: [Activism] [Poverty] Image: Beyond Reach?
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22.10.2009
Prove It! All the evidence you need to believe in climate change” is a new exhibition at the Science Museum.
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] Image: Prove It!
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21.10.2009
Two conferences are being held in London in response to the final G20 summit in the UK in November.
more...Image: John Hilary
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21.10.2009
The winning animations for the Golden Poo Awards.
more...Related topics/regions: [Water/sanitation] Image: Global Handwashing Day
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21.10.2009
A £2 billion research programme to help achieve worldwide food crop production rises of at least 50 per cent by 2050 has been called for by the UK's national academy of science.
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20.10.2009
The British government was condemned today for giving UK private military and security companies a licence to kill by refusing to regulate the industry.
more...From: War on Want Image: Stop Private Armies: War on Want demo (Photo: Guy Smallman)
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20.10.2009
The British government is accused of giving UK private military and security companies a licence to kill by refusing to regulate the industry.
more...From: War on Want |
19.10.2009
“Something bad happened when Lilli was a baby. Something she should have been protected from. But she’s not a baby anymore and it’s time to understand that actions have consequences.” - iceandfire takes its latest play for young people to schools around London.
more...Related topics/regions: [Culture] [Human rights] [Youth] Image: Bind
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19.10.2009
People & Planet, the World Development Movement and Platform are taking the Treasury to court over its failure to curb Royal Bank of Scotland's support for fossil fuel projects.
more...From: People & Planet |
19.10.2009
Climate Camp protesters at Ratcliffe have a clear message. No more coal. Does this attribute of simplicity compromise the bigger picture of developing countries which lack electricity?
more...Related topics/regions: [Nigeria] [Environmental activism] [Climate change] [Energy] Image: Light Up Nigeria campaigners in London © Light Up Nigeria
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16.10.2009
A former South African army captain who moved to Rhodesia in 1974 and is now one of Zimbabwe’s last white farmers, Michael Campbell is not the obvious choice as the sympathetic subject of a documentary.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] [Information & media] [Race Politics] [Land] |
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