In pictures: Extinction Rebellion Oxford stages protest outside Barclays bank
“As a low income student, I'm not ready to just lay down and die. Minority communities are going to be the hardest hit by the climate crisis. And that's my friend, that's my neighbour. They’re not millionaires and neither am I so of course I’ll help them.”
Supporting right-wing populists linked with climate scepticism, says Oxford study
The study combined the internet browsing history of over 9,000 participants in six countries including the USA and UK with survey data to establish whether there was a link between support for populist parties and climate scepticism.
What does the climate crisis mean for global health?
"It’s clear that the World Health Organisation were right to declare climate change one of the major health challenges of the 21st century."
Opinion: COVID-19 shows a missed opportunity to tackle the climate crisis
"The public has immense power. We fuel the consumerist society we live in, we create the demand for products which destroy the planet."
Friday Favourite: The Uninhabitable Earth
The book currently on top of my ever-growing ‘To Read’ pile
is David Wallace-Well’s 2019 book The Uninhabitable Earth. Based on his
2017 essay of the...
Council makes £19 Million Climate Commitment
Oxford City Council has pledged £19 Million for a Climate Emergency Budget in response to the Assembly on Climate Change. They are working on a number of different initiatives, such as a network of charging ports for electric vehicles in the city and introducing electric busses.
Climate crisis Oxford Citizens’ Assembly meets for first time
Last weekend saw the first meeting of the new Oxford Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change.
The first of its kind in the country,...
Lord Mayor of Oxford backs Extinction Rebellion
The Lord Mayor of Oxford, Craig Simmons, has backed Extinction Rebellion’s call for environmental action in London.
In a video published on the organisation’s...
Extinction Rebellion at Oxford Museum of Natural History
Extinction Rebellion Oxford and the Oxford Museum of Natural history held a joint ‘Art-Science extravaganza' yesterday to raise public awareness of the climate crisis.
The...
