Culture, Removals

Rethinking net zero: why Holly Jean Buck’s ‘Why Net Zero is Not Enough’ is not enough

There are a lot of issues with the net zero framework - Holly Jean Buck's new book could go further in imagining alternatives, says ELCI's Assistant Editor.

Latest Analysis

Culture

Follow the science: but whose science, and to where?

Reading 'Science Fictions' by Stuart Richie, ELCI Assistant Editor Lauren Sneade delves into what happens when academia and the media promote problematic research.

Culture

Temporality, fiction and climate – reading Mark Bould’s ‘Anthropocene Unconscious’

ELCI’s Assistant Editor reviews Mark Bould’s new book, 'The Anthropocene Unconscious' published by Verso, and questions whether we will be able to solve the climate crisis in time, and with time.

Culture

Swamplands: Edward Struzik’s bog book is a call for cultural change

Launching our new culture section, ELCI's Assistant Editor reviews the new book on peatlands from Island Press.

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Latest Podcast

Can the novel capture the climate crisis? ELCI talks to Dr. Mark Bould

ELCI's Assistant Editor Lauren asks Mark Bould about his new book 'The Anthropocene Unconscious'. They discuss whether fiction goes far enough in representing narratives of climate crisis, ranging from Jane Austen’s ‘Mansfield Park’ to the 'Fast & Furious' franchise.

Economy Land & Climate Insight (ELCI) 11 hours ago

Did you know that #NetZero started in 2013 with a group of women on a Scottish estate? That many climate campaigners think net zero is a problem for the planet, not a target to aim for? Read @bertrandhb's review of @hollyjeanbuck's latest @VersoBooks

Economy Land & Climate Insight (ELCI) 19 hours ago

Plenty more podcasts and articles to dig into on our site - want to read about how academia is hampering climate science from the Global South? Why people care about rainforests but not peatlands? Why banks are still financing fossil fuels? #DontLookUp

Economy Land & Climate Insight (ELCI) 19 hours ago

4. Finally, from last month, @ianjmclachlan of @poets4theplanet on the power of artists to push climate messaging. Why are we subsidising fossil fuels but not paying some of our best climate communicators? #DontLookUp

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Latest opinion

Opinion

We need artists for climate communication – so let’s start paying them

Artists have a key role to play in communicating the climate crisis to the public, as they are communications specialists, says Ian McLachlan, co-organiser of Earthsong at COP26.

By Ian McLachlan
December 22, 2021

Opinion

The Green Equity Approach can help end coal finance, but it needs reform

The International Finance Corporation is trialling a new ‘green equity’ approach. Kate Geary from Recourse talks about why this is important, and what needs improving to phase out fossil fuel finance.

By Kate Geary
December 14, 2021

Bioenergy explained

As the world begins to phase out coal power, some countries see biomass as its successor fuel – but is burning trees and plant matter really a renewable energy source?

With funding from the European Climate Foundation, ELCI hosts this hub to provide a definitive perspective on bioenergy – the science, the policy, and the big picture for the planet.

Introduction to Bioenergy

The Problem of Bioenergy in the EU

Bioenergy Campaign Highlight

New Campaign to #StopFakeRenewables launches

Bioenergy Campaign Update

UK: Joint NGO Statement on Biomass for Net Zero

Introduction to Bioenergy

Will bioenergy with carbon capture (BECCS) work?

Bioenergy Campaign Update

UK: Joint NGO Statement on BECCS

Bioenergy Campaign Highlight

Over 500 scientists to world leaders: do not burn trees for energy

Bioenergy Policy

What did the 2015 ‘Bioimpact Project’ say about burning wood in the EU?

Bioenergy Policy

EU renewable energy policy subsidizes surge in logging of Estonia’s protected areas

Podcast

Chatham House’s Duncan Brack on the huge emissions from burning US wood overseas

Podcast

Edward Struzik on the urgent need to restore our peatlands

Podcast

Is Drax UK’s single biggest CO2 emitter? Think-tank Ember give us the answer

Podcast