Voicebox: Climate Crisis

Workers in Glasgow City Council’s cleansing department have gone ahead with industrial action to protest for better conditions for lowest paid workers.

 World leaders – absent and present – are facing criticism for their level of commitment at the climate summit in Glasgow.

COP26 is one of the most important meetings between world leaders of all time, and COP President Alok Sharma has said that it is now or never in regards to keeping the global temperature rises lower than 1.5C.

Steven Donziger won a landmark pollution case against oil giant Chevron, but has been caught in a legal battle with them ever since, which he alleges was “planned targeting”.

The government has promised to introduce legal obligations for water companies to reduce their sewage output into the country’s rivers and seas.

Representatives of the climate change organisation gathered in three locations to block traffic, supergluing themselves to the road and to each other. 

Planned accounting changes in the UK’s Spending Review could see £1 billion less being paid in humanitarian aid.

The majority of Scotland's train services will be affected by the strike from 1- 12 November.

The Pink Peacock café offers eco-protestors universal keys for the purpose of "dearresting" themselves after police intervention during climate demonstrations. 

However, scientists say further reduction is needed to effectively tackle climate change.

Boris Johnson has revealed plans to almost entirely cut out the use of fossil fuels ahead of the COP26 summit.

A new report calls for the government to support a transition to more reusing and recycling of building materials.