Cities
2012 Olympics: East London’s Cody Dock given new sustainable life ahead of Games
How the trend of ‘crowd-sourcing’ is helping an East-End London community at Cody Dock regenerate their area start ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games.
Adaptation to climate change will no longer be enough says report by CARE, WWF & ActionAid
Coalition of NGOs call for more action to tackle the irreversible impacts of climate change as adaptation and mitigation methods falls short.
PODCAST: Turning waste to energy in South Africa
In the eleventh in the series of UNFCCC CDM Radio Club reports RTCC is hosting, Wambi Michael, a radio producer in Uganda, examines the potential for energy from waste in Africa.
‘Ocean of Life’: Ocean biodiversity suffering at hands of alien invaders
Ahead of the release of ‘Ocean of Life’, the work of Professor Callum Roberts, professor of marine conservation at the University of York, RTCC takes a closer look at some of the book’s claims.
Rio+20 Business Focus: Cutting carbon – not trees – in Cambodia
As part of our Rio+20 series focused on business and sustainable development we examine the role communities play in climate mitigation through the REDD+ scheme.
PODCAST: Heating water from South African rooftops
In the tenth in the series of UNFCCC CDM Radio Club reports RTCC is hosting, Kensika Monshengwo, a freelance broadcast journalist from the Democratic Republic of Congo visits a successful CDM project on the sidelines of December’s UN climate conference.
Rio+20 Business Focus: What makes a sustainability leader?
As part of our Rio+20 series focused on business and sustainable development, we find out what it takes to be a sustainability leader.
RTCC Competition: Win a pair of Crumple Eco-Earrings
Win a great pair of eco-earrings in RTCC’s sustainable fashion competition.
UNFCCC chief Figueres demands action from youth over climate change
Christiana Figueres tells RTCC young people should show they care about the planet’s future by using the ‘power of demand’ to influence business and politicians
Bonn 2012: What is the role of youth in the climate negotiations?
Young people have an increasing stake in the climate negotiations, but how are they using their position to influence the process and push for change?
Bonn 2012: Marrying science and politics for a sustainable future
Outside the Bonn Climate Talks, the YOUNGO constituency held a marriage ceremony between politics and science to show those negotiators inside how vital such a union would be.
ICLEI: What will the building of the future look like?
Speaking at ICLEI Resilient Cities 2012, Jason Hartke from the US Green Building Council sets out his vision of the green building of the future and the pathways there.
UNICEF: We must teach urban kids how to deal with disasters
Speaking at the ICLEI Resilient Cities Conference 2012, Antony Spalton from UNICEF spoke to RTCC about the role children play in reducing risks from disasters.
PODCAST: What lessons can Uganda learn about the CDM from Mexico
In the tenth in the series of UNFCCC CDM Radio Club reports that RTCC is hosting, Emmanuel Okella from Radio Simba-Uganda asks what the country could learn from projects in Mexico.
Koahsiung: The Taiwan city aiming to turn steel mills green
Speaking to RTCC at the ICLEI Resilient Cities 2012 conference, Shyh-Fang Liu deputy mayor of Koahsiung in Taiwan talks about how the city is transforming itself with the environment in mind.
Planet’s largest cities commit to measuring and reporting emissions
At the ICLEI Resilient Cities conference in Bonn, 40 of the world’s most populous cities have launched a programme to measure, report and verify their carbon emissions.
Rio 1992: Did you sign the “Pledge Wall”?
Thousands of delegates at the Earth Summit in 1992 pledged to make the planet a better home for future generations. RTCC wants to hear how the original signatories think they are doing.
Six steps to Sustainable Fashion
Eco-fashion consultant and co-founder of the Ethical Fashion Forum, Elizabeth Laskar talks RTCC through her six steps to Sustainable Fashion.
An introduction to sustainable fashion
The fashion industry is big business for the UK, but how can we continue to buy the clothes that we love, while making sure they have a limited impact on the planet?
Caravan for climate jobs kicks off UK tour
Climate Jobs Caravan will undertake a two week tour of the UK calling on the government to create green jobs to tackle climate and financial crisis.