Tackling climate change will be a community-wide effort, argues Ben Margolis This article first appeared in Bright Blue’s Centre Write publication titled Favourable Climate. The digital version is available here, and republished below. Stopping catastrophic climate change is the greatest political, social, and economic ambition humanity has ever put its…

1. What is the G7? The G7 stands for the Group of Seven, referring to the seven countries that are involved: the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the USA. The G7, started in 1975, is a coming together of some of the world’s richest nations to address the biggest global issues of the…

“We must do everything possible in 2021 to make COP 26 a success.” Since being elected in 2015, Alex Chalk has worked hard to ensure Westminster sets ambitious climate goals and sticks to them. Alex was vital in getting the UK to announce a net zero target. He successfully campaigned for parliament to commit to net zero by 2050. Alex’s campaigns also look…

“The most important aspect is through the values reorientation that begins our process of engagement with communities.” Jos Green Centre is a youth-led activist centre in Nigeria. The members of the centre volunteer their time to help protect the environment whilst also supporting their local communities. …

“ Schools shouldn’t wait on legislation or guidance, we need to be proactive in ensuring that we all have the knowledge to bring about the slowing down of global warming.” The Children at Sunnyside Primary School in Glasgow may only be small but they have a huge voice. They are passionate about protecting the environment and have turned that passion into action by petitioning both the Scottish government and Westminster to make climate change a part of teaching curriculums. …

“We create tangible change, which makes it easier to believe that wide scale change is possible.” North Kensington Community Energy was founded to address the high level of income disparity in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Since it began, NKCE has installed solar panels on community buildings in the borough, and used the profits made for positive community actions. …

“We waste bread at a colossal scale and so we saw an opportunity to use the principles of the circular economy to tackle a modern day problem” — Toast Ale has been sustainable since the day they started. Their beer is made using surplus bread that would otherwise have been wasted. The bread they use would have simply been thrown in the bin, adding to the huge food waste problem occurring globally. …

“It’s easy to think that your actions won’t make a difference, but trust me they do.” Ella Daish began the #EndPeriodPlastic campaign in 2018 after noticing how much plastic waste there was on her postal route. After doing her research and finding out the period products contain up to 90% plastic, Ella took action. She called on manufacturers and supermarkets to stop putting plastic in their…

By Ed Matthew, COP 26 Co-Director, The Climate Coalition Five years ago, world leaders gathered in Paris for COP21 and made a landmark promise to restrict global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees C and to do everything they can to limit heating to 1.5 degrees C. …