Opinion Piece by Guest Contributor: Melanie Strickland On 22 February 2011, six activists were found guilty of aggravated trespass at Trafford Magistrates Court, following their direct action at Manchester Airport in May 2010, to highlight the threat of climate change and the contribution of the airport to the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. The activists had [...]

COP 15 Commentary by Guest Author: Bettina Wittneben Bob Dylan’s 1963 classic about floods and rising oceans is taking on new meaning in Copenhagen. The song has become a bit of a theme song for climate action. For the first time in its seventeen-year history, the United Nations climate summit is being bombarded with massive [...]