Stop Killing our Children examines how road danger damages us all, whatever our age and however we travel, and questions our collective blindness to both its cause and remedy.The 40-minute, crowdfunded film is narrated by the BBC’s John Simpson and features interviews with Chris Boardman, Dr Rachel Aldred, Dr Ian Walker, George Monbiot and the […]

Adam Harrison From the Fabian Society’s Capital Gains: A global city in a changing world. Streets make our cities tick, but for too long we have paid too little attention to how they might be transformed for the better. In London, we need to see streets as an equalities issue. That means giving our residents

Our Demands Extinction Rebellion is an international apolitical network using non-violent direct action to persuade governments to act on the Climate and Ecological Emergency. We have three demands in the UK: Tell the truth Government must tell the truth by declaring a climate and ecological emergency, working with other institutions to communicate the urgency for

Co-opt the competition from Uber and other app-based firms Jun 23rd 2018 Co-opt the competition from Uber and other app-based firms TO THOSE who have to squeeze onto the number 25 bus in London, or the A train in New York, the change might not be noticeable. But public transport is becoming less busy in

More than 16 miles (27 km) of roads in central London will be closed on Sunday as part of Car Free Day. Streets will be shut around Tower Bridge, London Bridge and the City of London for the Reimagine event. A festival space on Bank junction, a hedge maze in Cheapside and a sunrise yoga

Westminster has proposed cutting the speed limit to 20mph throughout the borough. A consultation will run until December 10. Westminster has already introduced 20mph speed limits around 39 schools following a successful trial. Lower speed limits were supported by an overwhelming majority of residents, who felt it would make it safer to walk and cycle.

The Illustrated City: Despite its traffic, for cyclists, Manhattan is a contained sprawl that unfolds like a pop-up book, its history evident everywhere Marcellus Hall Fri 20 Sep 2019 11.00 BST Marcellus Hall is a New York-based illustrator. His debut graphic novel, Kaleidoscope City, was published in 2018 by Bittersweet Editions; more of his work

Strong civil society movements are needed to ramp up pace of change, says study Fiona HarveyLast modified on Thu 19 Sep 2019 08.38 BST Greenhouse gas emissions could be halved in the next decade if a small number of current technologies and behavioural trends are ramped up and adopted more widely, researchers have found, saying

Eight-country poll shows people view climate crisis as priority over migration and terrorism Matthew TaylorWed 18 Sep 2019 23.00 BST A majority of the public recognise the climate crisis as an “emergency” and say politicians are failing to tackle the problem, backing the interests of big oil over the wellbeing of ordinary people, according to

Eric BeinhockerFri 20 Sep 2019 11.45 BST Human-induced climate change is a moral wrong. It involves one group of humans harming others. People of this generation harming those in future generations. People in the developed world harming those in the developing world. Each of us is emitting carbon that is harming those caught in climate-driven