Climate change

Dear Secretary of State Davey, I am pleased that you have been appointed as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change . It is great that your strong views on the environment led you into politics, and you have been rightly praised for ...

Forum - Blog - Will Dawson - 22/02/2012 - 5:27pm - 0 comments

How is the US faring on sustainability? Speaking at the excellent Greenbiz conference this week, in San Francisco, I had an opportunity to take the temperature.  The folks at Greenbiz launched their ‘State of Green Business’  2012 ...

Forum - Blog - Peter Madden - 03/02/2012 - 10:15am - 0 comments

Forum for the Future worked with O2 to review opportunities for ICT to contribute to a sustainable society. Find out about the huge potential for change in our report, 'Connect, Collaborate, Change' ...

Forum - Project - Jacqueline Culleton - 07/02/2012 - 9:29am - 0 comments

Discover Community Energy brought together some of the UK's most influential civil society organisations and The Co-operative Group to build a bold vision of a dramatically scaled up community energy sector ...

Forum - Project - Anonymous - 17/02/2012 - 2:38pm - 0 comments

Justin Woolford of The Change Co ., on behalf of The Co-operative, introduces the inaugural meeting of a new group of civil society champions who today launch their vision for community energy in the UK with Chris Huhne, the Secretary of State for ...

Forum - Blog - Justin Woolford - 03/02/2012 - 5:02pm - 5 comments

Dear Davos, The start of a new year, but an old set of problems. Capitalism creaking at the seams, so much so that even national governments are now calling for a ‘more responsible capitalism’ . The world getting warmer, and now wetter, ...

Forum - Blog - Sally Uren - 01/02/2012 - 8:12am - 0 comments

I am writing this from Islay, the most southern island of the Inner Hebrides. It is where my 91 year old mother lives and as usual we’ve spent most of the holiday here. At this time of year storms are normal, but last week’s gale force winds broke ...

Forum - Blog - Sara Parkin - 20/01/2012 - 11:27am - 0 comments

As we expected – but more than a day late – the 194 countries gathering at the annual climate conference met the three tasks before them at Durban: first, extending the Kyoto Protocol; second, putting some meat on the bones of last year’s Cancun ...

Forum - Blog - Nick Robins - 15/12/2011 - 5:39pm - 1 comment

The final programme in the Frozen Planet series was broadcast this week – David Attenborough’s personal take on climate change. For me, it was an extraordinary programme – creative, convincing, compelling. To be fair, I am hardly unbiased. ...

Forum - Blog - Jonathon Porritt - 19/12/2011 - 11:58am - 2 comments

Researchers in California have followed an interesting phenomenon. Their catch and release bird research has shown over the past several decades that the average size of birds has increased noticeably. The attribute this to climate change stating: ...

Forum - Blog - Alexa Schubert - 14/12/2011 - 8:15am - 0 comments

There’s more and more talk about the need for ‘sustainable value chains’, and some organisations are putting their money where their mouth is with sustainable sourcing approaches for some key commodities – Unilever’s and Sainsbury’s commitments ...

Forum - Blog - Fiona Dowson - 09/12/2011 - 1:15pm - 0 comments

Prashant Vaze is Chief Economist and Head of Fair Markets at Consumer Focus, and Co-Author of Repowering Communities. He was a delegate on the recent ‘Discover Community Energy’ tour. The tour, part of a wider project for The Co-operative, is being ...

Forum - Blog - Anonymous - 20/01/2012 - 11:28am - 1 comment

Bosch have an advert in the Independent today where they offer to pay the energy costs for 3 years if you buy one of their appliances. They say that their devices are the most energy efficient available so if you buy a dishwasher, washing machine, ...

Forum - Blog - Hugh Knowles - 30/11/2011 - 8:15am - 0 comments

Just as solar picks up speed in the expanding renewables market, U.S. based company Solyndra has just declared bankruptcy. Supported with a huge $535 M loan guarantee from the federal govnernment, Obama hoped this would make solar more affordable for ...

Forum - Blog - Alexa Schubert - 25/11/2011 - 12:15am - 0 comments

Justin Woolford, Senior Campaigns Manager - Social Goals, at The Co-operative, updates us on the last day of the 'Discover Community Energy' tour, summing up what he has learnt and giving his hopes for the future. The tour, part of a wider ...

Forum - Blog - Justin Woolford - 16/11/2011 - 11:58am - 1 comment

Ruth Bond, the chair of the national Federation of Women's Institutes, takes time to look back over the Discover Community Energy Tour and to reflect on her findings. The tour, part of a wider project for The Co-operative, is being jointly run ...

Forum - Blog - Ruth Bond - 14/11/2011 - 4:27pm - 0 comments

Justin Woolford, Senior Campaigns Manager - Social Goals, at The Co-operative, introduces us to the 'Discover Community Energy' tour currently underway in Germany. The tour, part of a wider project for The Co-operative, is being jointly run ...

Forum - Blog - Justin Woolford - 11/11/2011 - 5:58pm - 0 comments

Ruth Bond, the chair of the national Federation of Women's Institutes, talks us through her discoveries on the first day of the Discover Community Energy Tour. The tour, part of a wider project for The Co-operative, is being jointly run by Forum ...

Forum - Blog - Ruth Bond - 14/11/2011 - 4:19pm - 0 comments

Over the summer I was asked to take part in a debate at the Wilderness festival   on “Growing Pains: Natural Capitalism and the role of business in sustainability”. I had three messages: 1. Not all growth is ‘bad’ growth; 2. Not all profit is ‘bad’ ...

Forum - Blog - David Bent - 12/10/2011 - 8:34am - 0 comments

So, that’s my first triathlon fitted in before I turn 30. Well, that was at least the initial motivation for signing up to a summer of hard training followed by a cold dip in a muddy pond. At the start of all this I thought it would be a nice ...

Forum - Blog - Rosalyn Parker - 30/09/2011 - 9:52am - 0 comments