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Manchester urban diggers sat on allotment

Urban gardeners – seizing the means of food production and loving it

By Gary Roberts | May 7, 2022Features

With the cost-of-living crisis driving up food prices and concerns rising about the negative affects of modern agriculture on the climate and environment, more people are considering growing their own food.

Gary Roberts talks to urban gardeners in Manchester about the benefits growing your own food can bring.

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Cities must cut their ‘consumption emissions’ – here’s how

By Guest Writer | April 3, 2022Friends of The Meteor

University of Manchester researchers say we ‘can’t ignore inequality’ when it comes to combatting climate change and recommend increasing taxes on the super-rich and introducing universal basic income.

Guest article from The Conversation, first published March 2021.

Greater Manchester woman amongst 19 people in court today for Insulate Britain protests

By Conrad Bower | February 1, 2022News

Insulate Britain activists are in court today. They face conviction and possible imprisonment for their direct action protests aimed at spurring the government into action to combat climate change.

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Shipping emissions must fall by a third by 2030 and reach zero before 2050 – new research

By Guest Writer | November 9, 2021Friends of The Meteor

New study by University of Manchester researchers suggests international shipping ‘must make a radical change in course’ to reduce greenhouse gas emissions this decade to enable a path to zero emissions by 2050, and limit global heating to 1.5°C. Guest article from The Conversation.

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Didsbury residents produce 30 times more aviation carbon emissions than those in Ardwick, carbon calculator estimates

By Conrad Bower | November 4, 2021News

Data provided by the Place Based Carbon Calculator estimates that people living in Didsbury produce more carbon emissions due to aviation than any other ward in Manchester.

Use the carbon calculator, with your postcode, to see carbon emissions estimates for your neighbourhood.

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Red Rebel Brigade on the way to Cop26 perform at Manchester Piccadilly Station

By Noora Mykkanen | November 3, 2021News

Performers clad in red, symbolising blood on the hands of government due to inaction in combatting climate change, stopped over in Manchester as part of a silent art pilgrimage from Truro to the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow.

viable future

Can Cop26 lead to a viable future? We ask Manchester’s post growth expert

By Conrad Bower | October 29, 2021Features

Mark Burton is a member of the Steady State Manchester collective, which promotes the ideas of post growth as a way to achieve a viable economy, society and environment. We talk about the collective’s new book, A Viable Future, and the upcoming Cop26 summit.

Gordon Brown says economics must embrace ‘environmental sustainability’ to combat climate change

By Conrad Bower | September 21, 2021News

Former prime minister Gordon Brown, speaking at the Ripples of Hope Festival in Manchester, says ‘environmental sustainability’ has to be a primary goal for the global economy, and that a Green New deal for the UK is essential in the run up to COP26.

Business as usual isn’t good enough – so what can we do?

By Guest Writer | August 24, 2021Friends of The Meteor

Business as usual can’t continue says Co-operatives UK CEO Rose Marley. The IPCC climate change report ups the stakes for action to combat this existential threat and co-operatives have a big part to play in leading the way towards sustainable business practice.

Coal powered power plant burning fossil fuels, smoke coming from the chimneys.

IPCC report: how to make global emissions peak and fall – and what’s stopping us

By Guest Writer | August 15, 2021Friends of The Meteor

The latest IPCC report is a damning indictment of our failure to tackle emissions leading to climate change. Matthew Paterson, of the University of Manchester, reports on the reasons for that failure, offers solutions and discusses the important role of the report in the upcoming COP26 negotiations in Glasgow.

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