‘BUILD BACK BETTER’: GREEN NEW DEAL NORWICH’S PROJECT TO TRANSFORM THE CITY

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged build back better, Chris Saltmarsh, climate, climate breakdown, climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, decarbonise, environment, environmental sustainability, environmentalism, Extinction Rebellion, featured, Green, green jobs, green new deal, Green New Deal Norwich, Green New Deal UK, Green Party, jobs for all, Leon Sealey-Huggins, Livvy Hanks, Norfolk County Council, norfolk network, norwich & district trades council, Norwich City Council, norwich green party, Norwich Greens, Norwich Labour Party, Sabine Virani, sustainability, UEA Labour, XR.

By Sean Meleady

Environmentalists and green activists in Norwich have been coming together to discuss ways in which the city could address climate breakdown, and how, in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city could ‘build back better’. Green New Deal UK’s Norwich hub is part of a nationwide network of groups hoping to combat climate breakdown. Describing a Green New Deal (GND) as ‘our map for a future worth fighting for’, they have five key goals they hope to achieve within the next decade, which they describe as ‘a fork in the road for humanity’.

FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE HOME FRONT – THE CAMPAIGNS TO PROTECT NORFOLK’S ENVIRONMENT

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged biodiversity, Broadland District Council, climate activism, climate change, climate emergency, conservation, council cuts, direct action, Easton, environment, Extinction Rebellion, featured, Honigham, Jerome Mayhew MP, norfolk, Norfolk County Council, Norfolk Wildife Trust, North Tuddenham, northern distributor road, norwich, Norwich City Council, Norwich Western Link road, river wensum, Stop the Wensum Link, Taverham, Thorpe St Andrew, Thorpe Woodland, Tories, Woodland Trust, XR.

By Sean Meleady

Norfolk people are rightly proud of the beautiful countryside and unique habitats which attract many tourists to the county. However, Norfolk’s environment and ecological sustainability are threatened by two planned developments located just outside Norwich: the Norwich Western Link road and a proposed new housing development near Thorpe St Andrew which threatens three local woodlands.

TO DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS, UEA MUST DIVEST FROM BARCLAYS

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged Barclays, BP, careers events, climate change, climate emergency, Divest Barclays, divestment, education, employment, energy, engineering, ethical investment, featured, fossil free, Fossil Free UEA, fossil fuels, graduates, higher education, Loughborough University, media, norwich, oil, people and planet, Portsmouth University, recruitment, Shell, student activism, students, students' unions, UEA, universities, zero carbon.

By Henry Webb

Higher Education institutions have the power to decide whether the fossil fuel industry lives or dies. The dominant players in the energy sector may seem unstoppable. After all, as long as the oil keeps flowing, they’ll find someone to buy it. Their lobbyists will make sure of that. But these behemoths require resources beyond those of just the raw coal, oil, and gas that we are so dependent on – they need capital. Without investment banks to finance everything from pipelines to offshore rigs, the costly infrastructure needed for fossil fuel extraction just wouldn’t exist.

FIRE, WATER AND GOVERNMENT

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Bolsonaro, climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, elections, environment, featured, floods, overfishing, policy, Trump, wildfires.

“Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.”

Albanian proverb

by Gunnar Eigener

The climate emergency is becoming increasingly obvious, with weather events wreaking havoc both near and far. Increasingly uncontrollable and expansive fires continue to burn across many global regions. Heavy rains have brought flooding, endangering small communities. Droughts dry out forests and land, leaving livestock and livelihoods at risk. The demands of human society are taking their toll. Yet even as climate change finally takes its place at the top of the agenda for many countries, those who are the worst carbon emitters continue to fail in their duty to protect their citizens. Economy remains the priority for government domestic policies across the Western world and beyond.

DYING FOR OIL: DEMILITARISATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR CLIMATE TRANSFORMATION

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Afghanistan, arms, arms trade, climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, climate justice, conflict, ecocide, environment, iraq, militarisation, US, US DOD, US military, war.

by Lotty Clare

The environmental and climatic impacts of war and conflict have long been silent causalities. Environmental implications throughout the timelines of conflict are huge. From deforestation, mining for metals, use of chemical weapons, ‘scorched’ earth tactics, plunder of resources, and collapse of environmental management systems. Natural resources can cause war, fuel war, and be destroyed by war.

CAN SCHOOL STRIKES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNMENT INACTION?

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives, Student and tagged activism, climate change, climate emergency, Cyrus Jarvis, environment, Extinction Rebellion, featured, Fridays for Future, green growth, green politics, Grete Thunberg, growth, jobs, media, norwich, revolution, uk, UK Student Climate Network, XR, Youth for Climate, Youth Strike for Climate.

by Sean Meleady

Extinction Rebellion may be getting the most headlines, but another grassroots movement is challenging government and global inaction on climate change. The School Strike for Climate – also known as Fridays for Future, Youth for Climate and Youth Strike for Climate – is a growing international movement of schoolchildren who go ‘on strike’ from school in protest against climate change. Continue Reading

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‘BUILD BACK BETTER’: GREEN NEW DEAL NORWICH’S PROJECT TO TRANSFORM THE CITY

By Sean Meleady

FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE HOME FRONT – THE CAMPAIGNS TO PROTECT NORFOLK’S ENVIRONMENT

By Sean Meleady

TO DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS, UEA MUST DIVEST FROM BARCLAYS

By Henry Webb

FIRE, WATER AND GOVERNMENT

DYING FOR OIL: DEMILITARISATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR CLIMATE TRANSFORMATION

CAN SCHOOL STRIKES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNMENT INACTION?

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