Voicebox: Climate Crisis

Y7 needs your voice to help inform policy decisions

Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes on the Caribbean island of St Vincent after a volcanic eruption blanketed the island in smoke and ash, leaving the country in dire need of aid.

Ice Age ’ghost’ ponds will be restored in  one of ten new schemes launched to boost wildlife after an £8 million fundraising campaign. 

How are the UK's universities tackling climate change?

Research has shown that carbon dioxide emissions must fall by the equivalent of a global lockdown roughly every two years for the next decade for the world to keep within safe limits of global heating.

Is the publishing industry doing enough for the environment?

Offering 10,000 young people from across the country the chance to have their voice heard with G7 world leaders, by taking their seat #atthetable and participating in a huge, UK wide survey.

Are festivals doing enough for the environment?

We may be in the middle of a mass crisis with the ongoing pandemic, but let us not forget that the planet is in a constant crisis too. Here are 10 tiny steps you can do at home to produce zero waste and help our planet.

An interview with Clive Russell, prominent graphic designer and one of the earliest contributors to Extinction Rebellion, on the art style of the movement.

When we first entered lock-down, travel ceased and tourism halted. One unexpected outcome from this that became visible instantly: the environment started to heal. But now, as we trickle back to ‘normal’ life are we damaging the world more than ever?

We're all familiar with the plight of the polar bear as our planet warms, but how is nature as a whole likely to react to a changing climate?