Climate

How do trade deals affect the environment?

  Published:  24 Apr 2020     |       3 minute read
Government decisions impact upon the climate and ecological crises in multiple ways, and trade deals are one of them. From fair and sustainable supply chains to upholding high standards, campaigner Kierra Box explores what can be done to make trade deals environmentally friendly.

Is your money funding fossil fuel projects?

  Published:  28 Feb 2020     |       Last updated:  22 Jun 2023     |       4 minute read     |         |     Fran Hunter
Over the past decade, a little known government agency has been using UK taxpayers’ money to finance oil and gas projects abroad. We look at what this means for local communities and climate breakdown.

Does carbon offsetting work?

  Published:  13 Feb 2020     |       6 minute read     |         |     Mike Childs
Offsetting. Everybody’s at it. Shell says that it offsets the petrol that its customers buy. The aviation industry has said offsetting is how we can carry on flying. Some countries even want to offset their emissions. But what is carbon offsetting and does it work?