Environment

Video

Watch: the filmmakers behind 'Rooted in Bristol' discuss land, race and inequality

The new documentary, which premiered at Afrika Eye Film Festival, profiles Bristol’s Black and Afro-Caribbean food growers who discuss the importance of equitable access to land.

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

Could a camera developed in Bristol that can ‘see’ methane leaks offer a path to curbing industrial greenhouse gas emissions?

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

PHOTOESSAY: Protestors demand action on climate crisis

Guy Peterson
Guy Peterson

Features

Andreas Malm: 'Why climate activists should engage in acts of sabotage'

Environmental protesters need to rethink their tactics, argues a Swedish scholar of human ecology who came to Bristol this week.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Reports

Bristol Clean Air Zone approved for summer 2022, nearly a year later than planned

Amanda Cameron (Local Democracy Reporter)

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

Bristolians are taking to the streets during Cop26 this weekend, but will it make a difference?

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

'Disruptive protests don't win friends. But they work'

You are much more likely to achieve something if you are militant, argues International Public and Social Policy lecturer Oscar Berglund.

Oscar Berglund
Oscar Berglund

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

What is Cop26 and why does it matter? The complete guide

The crucial global climate summit in Glasgow has begun this week. Here are the basics explained for you.

Fiona Harvey

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

Adblock Bristol demands a ban on fossil fuel advertising

Campaigners are determined that Bristol follows in the footsteps of other councils by ridding the streets of high carbon advertising.

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

‘Bristol must take urgent action on alarming lack of diversity in climate change decision-making'

New research has found white men dominate key climate discussion in Bristol, which clashes with the city’s commitment to a just transition. Dr Alix Dietzel explains why this matters on the eve of COP26, and what Bristol needs to do.

Dr Alix Dietzel
Dr Alix Dietzel

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

West of England leaders vote to oppose Bristol Airport expansion, but Bristol abstains

Standing in for Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees was his deputy Craig Cheney, who did not contribute to the discussion and abstained from the vote.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

'Airport expansion in an age of climate crisis is a moral decision. Anything else is greenwashing'

Steve Clarke, an anti-expansion campaigner, takes on the airport's arguments from the week when the inquiry focused on the climate crisis.

Stephen Clarke
Stephen Clarke
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