Day: 18 January 2024

New report shows how feminism can be a powerful tool to fight climate change

Stuart Mitchell

By 2050, climate change may push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty and see 236 million more face food insecurity. The climate crisis fuels increases in conflict and migration, as well as exclusionary, anti-rights political rhetoric targeting women, refugees, and other vulnerable groups. Those dire trends—and ways to reverse them—are charted in a new report by UN Women titled “Feminist climate justice: A framework for action”.  New report shows how feminism can be a powerful tool to fight climate change   Image During a demonstration in…

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UNESCO report warns of ethical risks of Climate Engineering

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO’s first report on the ethics of climate engineering assesses the risks and opportunities of these new climate manipulation and modification technologies, and offers concrete recommendations for research and governance. As climate disruption continues at an alarming pace and humanity falls short of CO2 emission reduction targets, climate engineering (also called geoengineering) has gained attention as a potential solution. Due to both the immense promise and significant risks of such large-scale interventions in the Earth’s natural systems, UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) has published its first…

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Green skills crisis is looming, warns Prince’s Trust

Stuart Mitchell

The Prince’s Trust and Public First have recently launched a report on young people’s perceptions of the green economy, finding that awareness and interest in green jobs is worryingly low. The report, Generation Green Jobs? , is based on polling of 2,054 young people aged 16 to 25 years old. In addition to the poll, research consultancy Public First ran five online focus groups with young people from areas that are due to see significant numbers of new green jobs – the West Midlands, Teesside, and Fife, Scotland. The research…

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Home Truths 2 highlights UK civil society’s ongoing racism problem

Stuart Mitchell

Three and a half years after the murder of George Floyd, and despite considerable attention in civil society to racism and anti-racism, too little has changed in day-to-day experience for Black and Minoritised Ethnic people in mainstream civil society. These are the findings of a new report, ‘Warm Words, Cold Comfort: UK civil society’s ongoing racism problem’ released by ACEVO and Voice4Change England and authored by Dr. Sanjiv Lingayah, co-creator of the Home Truths 2 programme. This report is informed by a survey of over 130 Black and Minoritised Ethnic…

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Charterpath launches #EveryHourCounts campaign to rally volunteer financials skills to non-profits

Stuart Mitchell

Charterpath, the UK’s largest community of professionals with financial skills volunteering in the non-profit sector, today announced the launch of its new campaign, #EveryHourCounts. The campaign addresses the critical need for financial skills in the non-profit sector, struggling amid the legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic and current cost of living crisis. With over 100,000 trustee vacancies across the UK and finance skills the most in demand, currently only 10% of finance professionals contribute their skills on a voluntary basis to the non-profit sector. This ambitious campaign seeks to dramatically increase…

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