While international concerns about the gravity of climate change continue to deepen, there are also mounting signs of change in both attitude, policy and action across the world. The UK has forged a leadership position in such change. While other serious economic challenges lie (seemingly more immediately) before us, now must be the time when the UK redoubles its efforts to lead where others can then follow when it comes to decarbonisation.

Adrian Fisk’s exhibiton can be seen now

Reclaim The Streets take over Camden High Street [Adrian Fisk]
CAMDEN High Street was brought to a halt after protesters warning about the rocketing amount of greenhouse gases in London’s polluted air dragged obstacles into the road and held an impromptu party and demonstration.
Not this week – but a protest in Camden Town 25 years ago, as a new exhibition points out.
The photographs of Adrian Fisk, which include images from the Reclaim The Streets protests that brought Camden to a standstill in the mid-1990s, are the subject of a new exhibition at the Climate Change Centre in Upper Street, Islington.
He remembers the day protesters brought the fight against the climate crisis to the bustling weekend streets of Camden Town.

Last year the City of London Corporation announced that it would be the first local authority to introduce the lower speed limit across the Square Mile in a bid to make its streets safer.
Other councils in built-up areas around the country were expected to follow suit if the change was successful.
But The Independent has learned that the Department for Transport (DfT) has refused to grant permission to the corporation to enforce the planned lower limit.
DfT officials said they were concerned about the accuracy of speedometers at such low speeds and the fact that not all speedometers were marked in 5mph gradations.