Will the UK be the next world leader on climate change?

Posted on 31 July 2020 by Dr Jennifer Allan

By Maighdlin Mcilvaney, third year LLB student on the Environmental Law and Justice module of Cardiff School of Law and Politics The UK Government’s goal is to be the first generation to “leave our environment in a better state than we found it”. Indicating an intent to have a strong environmental policy – but does
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Climate diaries: Final reflections on COP23

Posted on 20 November 2017 by Hannah Hughes

I am back in Cardiff now and the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP 23) seems strangely distant. It was like inhabiting a completely different world during the days (and evenings) I spent at this COP, one in which I was absorbed in new colleagues and following as closely as possible the negotiation of the
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Climate diaries: Surviving and thriving at COP23!

Posted on 12 November 2017 by Hannah Hughes

After experiencing three full days of climate negotiations, I thought it was time to report back on some of what I’ve seen and learnt. The most important thing that I have learnt, and enjoyed, has been the forum and spirit for sharing between researchers. I didn’t know this before I arrived, but as a researcher
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Climate diaries: Travelling to Bonn for COP 23

Posted on 7 November 2017 by Hannah Hughes

Tomorrow I’ll travel to Bonn to attend the United Nations 23rd Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This is my first COP and my emotions are mixed. Last year I decided that I wanted to go to COP 22 in Marrakech. Although I’ve been researching climate politics for over
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ClimateKeys part II: An interview with Stuart Capstick

Posted on 25 October 2017 by Hannah Hughes

ClimateKeys is coming to Cardiff on Friday the 10th of November. In the second of this two-part blog, I turn from the founder of ClimateKeys, Lola Perrin, to Stuart Capstick, who has played a key role in bringing the event to Cardiff. The timing of the event is very deliberate, it aims to initiate a
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Interview with ClimateKeys founder Lola Perrin

Posted on 24 October 2017 by Hannah Hughes

ClimateKeys is coming to Cardiff on Friday the 10th of November. The organisers of the event aim to initiate a keyboard conversation on climate change – multiple conversations in fact – at the same time that the international community comes together for the climate conference in Bonn (COP23). I wanted to learn more about the
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Climate Crisis and the Democratic Prospect with Frank Fischer

Posted on 14 June 2017 by Hannah Hughes

Last Tuesday the Environmental Justice Research Unit (EJRU) held its first video-speaker event with Professor Frank Fischer joining us from Berlin. Frank introduced his newly published book Climate Crisis and the Democratic Prospect, describing the unexpected turn his research took when it returned to the local from its initial starting point of global climate crisis.
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