by rrf105 | Nov 10, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy
By Shammi Akhter, Alex Moores, Chris Wyver and Rana Ozturk The plastic industry is a carbon and fossil-fuel-intensive sector. People consume around 60 million plastic bottles every hour and only 9% is recycled1. More than half plastic produced ends up in waste....
by rrf105 | Nov 9, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy
By: Philippa Oppenheimer, Dannielle Roche, Fiona Spuler. The last IPCC AR6 working group two report states that 3.6 billion people worldwide live in contexts that are dangerously vulnerable to climate change impacts, particularly in the Global South. Huge investments...
by rrf105 | Nov 8, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy
By Sharon Mandipe and Will Shields. Sitting here in Walker’s COP27 Climate Action Studio in Reading, the thought of spending an entire day covering the conference was always going to be a daunting task. With so many things going on within the conference, let alone...
by rrf105 | Nov 7, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy
By: Ben Hutchins, Rosie Mammatt & Hette Houtman. After an interesting start to the 27th Conference of the Parties the overarching theme at the COP27 World Leaders Summit was abundantly clear. Something needs to be done, and fast. As UN Secretary-General António...
by rrf105 | Nov 7, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy
By: Ben Hutchins, Hette Houtman and Rosie Mammatt The 27th Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, has gotten underway today. The conference comes at a time when reports from the World...
