Markets

The Equator Principles are not stopping banks from funding fossil fuels

Following their new report, Hannah Greep from BankTrack discusses how The Equator Principles are failing the climate.

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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.

Diplomacy

Good COP, bad COP: the geopolitical tensions of the Glasgow summit

Our Assistant Editor sets out the diplomatic backdrop to COP26: will international relations be the big stumbling block for global climate policy?

Bioeconomy

Reforesting Europe would increase rainfall

Elizabeth Lewis (Newcastle University), Edouard Davin and Ronny Meir (both of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) discuss new research on reforestation.

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Latest Podcast

Edward Struzik on the urgent need to restore our peatlands

ELCI Assistant Editor Bertie Harrison-Broninski takes over the pod to talk with veteran climate journalist Edward Struzik about his new book, Swamplands: tundra beavers, quaking bogs, and the improbable world of peat. They talk COP, burning peat for energy, the process of rewetting peatland, and Edward gives a cultural & historical background to bogs, fens & marshes.

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U.K. minister @ZacGoldsmith to review source of trees burnt @ power company Drax: “When you've got a system as big as Drax, then if you get it even slightly wrong in terms of the input that's going to have big implications” @OliviaRudgard @haylesdixon

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Great news for global #methane pledge. #CoalMineMethane #CleanerEnergyFuture 🌎

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Latest opinion

Opinion

Western monopoly of climate science is creating an eco-deficit culture

A recent study showed that 78% of global climate science funding flows to European and North American institutions. Dr. Quan-Hoang Vuong gives his perspective on why this is a problem for the planet.

By Quan-Hoang Vuong
November 11, 2021

Opinion

Reforming farm subsidies can restore nature to the British countryside

The Director of the UK’s Conservative Environment Network sets out his vision for sustainable farming in the UK.

By Sam Hall
November 4, 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

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

Podcast

Lina Burnelius on Sweden’s forestry model

Podcast

What is BECCS and what does it mean for climate policy?

Podcast