climate change Archives - Danny Sriskandarajah

Debate: From anger to action

2 June 2021 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: activism, climate change, politics, poverty, refugees

It was a pleasure to join Harriet Lamb and Ben Jackson to discuss how civil society is responding to the four big, inter-related issues of our day: conflict, the climate emergency, inequalities and refugees. We discussed what lessons can be learned from past campaigns and what needs to happen now to harness public concern and … Continue reading “Debate: From anger to action”

Debate: People power and climate action

22 April 2021 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: activism, climate change

Andrew Aitchison

To mark the UK premiere of a new documentary about climate activists, A Race To Save The World, I spoke to Vaughan Jones about how civil society can push for change, demand better and hold leaders to account. Read more

THE GUARDIAN – JOINT LETTER CALLING FOR A GREEN RECOVERY

15 June 2020 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: climate change, coronavirus, Inequality, recovery

I joined the heads of 56 other UK charities, representing 22 million members, to write to the prime minister urging him to use economic rescue packages to ensure a ‘green recovery’ from the pandemic. This would include any bailouts subject to strict low-carbon conditions, and action to cancel, rather than suspend, the debts of developing … Continue reading “THE GUARDIAN – JOINT LETTER CALLING FOR A GREEN RECOVERY”