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In a landmark special report, the IPCC has today confirmed the urgency and importance of keeping us to 1.5ºC of warming.

A new definition of climate leadership has emerged, and the public outcry is deafening, even if thus far world leaders represented at GCAS seemed to strain to avoid hearing it.

Yesterday the brutal eviction by the authorities against activists trying to protect an ancient forest in Germany from being destroyed for coal mining ended in tragedy, with the loss of life of a young journalist, called Steffan.

For those concerned about climate justice and leaving a living legacy to our grand-children, your everyday actions are making a positive difference. Sometimes, in these destructive days of Trump, and svengali politics of Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, we just don’t say that enough.

“No one in America has ever experienced the wrath and fury of a category 6 hurricane, which now genuinely seems possible and realistic."

Hurricane Florence is the new extreme – made worse by climate change - and Trump is complicit in the disaster that is about to unfold.

Over a million people along the South Carolina and Virginia coastlines have been ordered to leave their homes today as what could be the most powerful storm ever to hit the region approaches.

Across the globe, over 250,000 people took part in what was labelled as the #RiseforClimate marches, protests and celebrations on 7 continents on Saturday. There were nearly 1,000 events in more than 90 countries.

Tomorrow tens of thousands of people are expected to march in San Francisco to demand that California Governor, Jerry Brown, take decisive action on climate change, including signalling an end to oil and gas drilling in the State.

Someone should tell the Premier of Alberta, Rachel Notley, that when you are in a hole, you should stop digging.