Introduction The Physical Science Component of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s 5th report was agreed in Stockholm in the week beginning 23rd September 2013 and its Summary for Policymakers – about 30 pages long – was available on 27th September. The main messages are: 1) That it is …
We are pleased to announce the publication of a special edition of the theology journal Anvil on the topic of “Environment and Hope”, with guest editors, Rev. Margot Hodson and Dr Martin Hodson. This represents the culmination of nearly 3 years work in collaboration with A Rocha UK. All of …
The International Energy Agency has published a paper on redrawing the world energy map. It highlights topics such as the subsidies on fossil fuels which have recently grown, and it presents data relating to recent governmental policies of developed countries, especially subsidies on coal. It also considers the relationship between …
There is a long-standing public misperception of the scientific consensus that climate change is human-caused. Various studies since Oreskes (2004) have found a consensus of above 95% among scientific publications that express a conclusion. However a Pew public opinion poll in 2012 revealed that many people had a perception that …
Edited by Marijke Hoek, Jonathan Ingleby, Carol Kingston-Smith, and Andy Kingston-Smith. For many years JRI has had an excellent collaboration with Redcliffe College in Gloucester, UK. So JRI personnel, Martin & Margot Hodson, were pleased to be able to contribute the Climate Justice chapter to a book coming out of The …