Here are a few of the COP-related features currently found on UnHerd. COP27: five things to expect from this year’s UN climate summit Jen Allan, Cardiff University Stronger pledges, more climate finance, and payments for loss and damage. Zero deforestation in the Amazon is now possible – here’s what needs to happen Rachael Garrett, University…
To whom it may concern … Dear COP27 delegate or observer, We’re writing to you as representatives of the UK Schools Sustainability Network – a network of students, alumni, educators and school staff from across the UK – to pass on our general and UK-specific asks for COP27 in the hope that you can voice…
In 2021, the UK Schools Sustainability Network took over 20 teenagers from across the UK to COP26. As this isn’t feasible this year, it is hoping that anyone heading to Egypt – or who has contacts there – can pass on the UKSSN’s ‘asks’ of COP27 in general and of the UK delegation. These are set out in…
Friendly Fungi – Zara Hussan, who’s 14, and goes to Plashet School in London’s East Ham, has won the 2022 Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) Young Science Writer of the Year award. This competition invites 14 to 16 year olds to submit an 800-word essay and it is supported by BBC News, the Royal Institution and DeepMind. It’s designed to…
Elephant Times and ~Tide are organising a series of webinars throughout November. here are the details: school initiatives? 6.30 Tuesday 15th November Tim Brighouse, Mick Waters and people in school leadership roles, including those from Bosworth Academy – Leicestershire, Barrowford Primary – Lancashire, and Windsor Academy – West Midlands, will start the conversation. What we can learn…
British Wildlife has featured book reviews since the very first magazine back in 1989, and every review included in issues since 2018 is available to read on the British Wildlife website. These reviews provide in-depth critiques of important new titles in natural history publishing, from nature-writing bestsellers to technical identification handbooks. They are all authored by experts in…
Here we feature some of the Climate Change Education Events at the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) which takes place at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from 6-18 November. UNESCO says that the complexities of climate change require a holistic approach, the sort that UNESCO provides though its longstanding expertise combining science, education, culture, and communication and information.…