Tag Archives: Greta Thunberg

When all hope is lost, keep fighting

Posted on April 2, 2023 by John Gibbons

On the one hand, it’s simply impossible to overstate just how dire the climate and biodiversity emergency really is, and in truth, most people either have no idea, or else are in absolute denial. So, is it already Game Over? … Continue reading →

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Bringing the climate emergency to book

Posted on November 20, 2022 by John Gibbons

When this blog first when live in late November 2007, the world was a quite different place.  That year, global CO2 levels, as recorded at Mauna Loa, had reached an all-time high of 384 parts per million (ppm). Since then, … Continue reading →

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Out of the frying pan? A tumultuous decade draws to a close

Posted on December 19, 2019 by John Gibbons

The hottest month ever recorded on Earth occurred in July 2019, during what has been yet another year of record-shattering extremes. France was hit this summer by two ‘once-in-500-year’ heatwaves in rapid succession. Expect extreme weather to dominate the 2020s. … Continue reading →

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Why you should take to the streets with your children

Posted on September 20, 2019 by John Gibbons

Below, my article as it appeared in the Irish Times on September 20th, to coincide with the Student March for climate, which saw some 20,000 take to the streets of Dublin, with thousands more joining protests in cities and towns … Continue reading →

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A tale told by an idiot, full of sound & fury, signifying nothing

Posted on December 31, 2018 by John Gibbons

In many respects, 2018 has been another thoroughly dispiriting year on the climate and environment beat. The publication in October of the IPCC’s SR1.5 report extinguished any remote hope that the pace and severity of climate breakdown might be less … Continue reading →

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