When they say we need fossil fuels…….The primary driver of inflation around the world is fossil fuels. Economies are addicted to fossil fuels at every level: mobility, energy production, agriculture and goods production. When the prices of oil and gas go up, every other price tends to go up. Actually, high fossil fuel prices are…
Over the past 6 months Oxfam, The Guardian, Stockholm Environment Institute et al have been working on a report, Climate Equality: A planet for the 99%. The report details how the richest 1% emit more carbon than the poorest 66%. Not only do their transport, heating, air conditioning and doomsday bunker choices emit tonnes more…
In May this year Citizens’ Climate International (CCI) Activists from all over the world submitted ‘Talanoa Dialogue’ videos on the topic of climate ambition. You can watch the compilation video on the CCI website here, it includes a short extract from the UK video, written and presented by Dave Waltham at 2.50. This autumn the…
Talofa lava! Today, government leaders, climate advocates, and civil society will gather in the Cook Islands for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. The weight of the climate crisis—a stark reality for the Pacific—hangs heavy in the air. For decades, we have stood witness to its unyielding force, and our collective response can be nothing…
Today the Times reported that “The floods that devastated Brechin were not predicted to hit for another 60 years, according to climate change modelling by Scotland’s environmental watchdog”. The 2021 Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) flood risk plan had estimated that about 440 homes and businesses in Brechin would be liable to flooding by the…
Rosebank has been given the go ahead today despite the repeated warnings of the IEA. The approval is in no small part due to the fact that there is no price on pollution at the point of production. Ironically the windfall tax has not disincentivised further development because the “investment allowance” allows companies to claim…
The IMF, Carbon Pricing and Explicit and Implicit Fossil Fuels Subsidies Here are two terms that anyone who wants to preserve a stable climate needs to know: explicit fossil fuel subsidies and implicit fossil fuel subsidies. Explicit fossil fuel subsidies from governments directly reduce the price of fossil fuels, thus making it attractive to investors…
CCI has released a statement at the end of the African Climate Summit today… SEPT. 7, 2023 — Citizens’ Climate International enthusiastically supports a call from the African Climate Summit for a global carbon taxation regime that could be part of the agenda at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai this fall. “In addition to…
SEPT. 1, 2023 — In light of a recently released UN letter alluding to human rights violations by oil giant Saudi Aramco, Citizens’ Climate International is calling on all fossil fuel companies to immediately develop future business strategies that reduce rather than increase the manufacture of climate-altering fuels. (Shell and BP have also reined back…
With heat extremes removing all doubt about climate change, let’s deal with the cause: Fossil fuels By Steve Valk With record-shattering heat making headlines around the world, this is a good time to connect some dots to see what’s behind the weather extremes affecting people this summer and what needs to be done to keep…
