The long awaited Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will drive a transformation in how homes, businesses and communities generate their heat. It is an ambitious initiative, the first of its kind in Europe, and the previous and current governments must be applauded for seeing it through.
Part 2 of this 2 part lecture series explores the human impact on the earth’s climate in the past, present and future.
This is part 1 of a 2 part lecture series which outlines the basic concepts for understanding climate change.
Dr Stephan Harding, MSc Co-ordinator and Resident Ecologist, Schumacher College: This terrifying news highlights what many of us have know all along – that our maintream economy is putting ecosystems, and indeed the entire Earth, under great strain.
A global treaty to fight climate change will be postponed by at least six months and possibly a year or more, senior negotiators and politicians conceded today.
