She is the most powerful diplomat on the climate scene. She can claim major credit for forging the historic Paris Agreement to limit global warming below 2C.Yet Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate …

It’s Real Nappy Week and around the world people are talking about why they choose washable nappies for their babies. Natural, soft and funky fabrics, cute colours and styles… Mums love them and you should hear how passionate they can get about them. Alph …

I was driving to France for the mid-term break with my normal car load of ski gear, humans, dogs and even a rabbit. We normally plough straight on, only stopping for fuel or a quick coffee, preferring to get the ten hour journey over as soon as possible. B …

  17th July 2015 A simple switch to a Climatarian diet is good for your health and the planet, can save a tonne of CO 2 a year and you don't have to give up meat.   Climates aims to make it easier to live a climate-friendly lifestyle and food is an area …

  9th June 2015 Climates attended the Walker Institute annual lecture this week to hear Sir David King’s optimism that global warming can be maintained within 2 degrees Celsius. ‘The G7 commitment to phase out fossil fuels by 2100 is a critical turning …

    6th June 2015 ''We need angry grannies everywhere", Mary Robinson said at the annual Grantham Institute Lecture, about climate justice. But how powerful are angry grannies? And how can communicators like me help them get involved and active? Mary …

5th June 2015 I'm involved in setting up a new social network for climate change action. It's called Climates, with the emphasis firmly on ‘mates'. We're working from the premise that we're more likely to take action if we have mates who can motivate and …