climate crisis

Sean Bromilow On a crisp, cloudless night in Nottingham, how many stars can you see? According to this interactive map, made with data from the Countryside Charity’s 2023 Star Count, it’s likely that you won’t spot more than 10 stars in the entire sky. This isn’t a local issue,...

Alexandra Broadhurst College student Jack Sweeney became known in 2022 for creating Twitter bots that tracked the private jet usage of public figures including Elon Musk, Taylor Swift, and a series of Russian oligarchs. What started as an experiment following his personal interests in computer science and aviation has...

Not many people have the courage to act when they turn on the news and hear of a life-changing humanitarian disaster. But for Peter Benenson, his rage was ignited. Whilst doing his everyday route through The London Underground, this young barrister saw an opportunity to make a difference after...

Student-led Plant-Based Universities is a national campaign supported by Animal Rising which has branches within over 70 universities. Leacsaidh Macdonald Marlow explores the UK-based campaign which began in 2021 with the intention of encouraging universities to tackle climate change through plant-based eating.  ...

For the second year running, Nottingham has been ranked in the top 12% of A-list scoring cities for climate action. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an environmental impact non-profit organisation, ranked over 1,000 cities in 2022 and Nottingham was recognised for the success of CN28. By 2028 Nottingham aims...

Edelline Sutanto November 17th 2022 marked the end of the two-day G20 summit held in Bali, Indonesia. President Joko Widodo of Indonesia had stated in an interview hosted by The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, that he hoped for reduced political tensions amongst rivalling countries: ‘Indonesia wants a peaceful...

With the rise of social media activism and the appearance of figures like Greta Thunberg, the public’s concern for climate change has increased in recent years. With this, so has the level of actionable activism surrounding it. Protests have become more and more extreme, with increasing vandalism, destruction and...