Commercial interest in biomaterials tipped to explode in 2022
In the synthetic age, profitability and sustainability have long butted heads. Biomaterials have been touted as the saving grace for green manufacturing for years, but only now are the building blocks coming into place for 2022. It goes without saying that the prospect of forming low-carbon economies is nigh-on impossible...
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NGOs sue UK government for lax net-zero climate plans
The UK government is being sued by climate NGOs for failing to include policies needed to deliver COP26 emission cuts. They argue the current strategy relies too much on speculative technologies. Already in hot water over a number of parties that may or may not have happened, the UK government...
The EU’s continued problem with empty ‘ghost’ flights
A technicality requiring airlines to use 50% of their airport slots – or face losing them to competitors – leads to thousands of empty flights a year. In Brussels, where the custom is particular bad, pressure is on to stop immediately. When facing the public, western governments appear staunchly determined...
Around one million species could go extinct within the next few decades
With more plants and animals than ever before on a global list of threatened species, WWF has warned of a looming mass extinction – the largest event of its kind since the end of the dinosaur age. 66 million years ago, an asteroid struck the Earth, resulting in a worldwide...
Climate change ‘overtakes’ pandemic as #1 global concern
A survey carried out by the World Economic Forum suggests climate change has now overtaken the pandemic as the biggest cause for concern globally, according to the experts. This is where we’ve come to. Both Covid-19 and climate change have wreaked such havoc in recent years that we’re now officially...
Arsenal’s No More Red campaign has a powerful anti-knife crime message
Striving to make disillusioned young people aware of youth centres and other safe spaces, Arsenal and Adidas’ No More Red campaign has a powerful anti-knife crime message that the nation needs to hear. For the first time since the 1930s, Arsenal donned an all-white strip last night in their third-round...
Study reveals Gen Z and millennials are paying highest bank fees
Gen Z and millennials are now paying the highest banking fees. Are young people in general too spend-happy, or is there more to it than that? It’s all overdrafts, booze, and Uber Eats with youngsters today, right? In reality, anyone who actually does their research will know that the financial plights of most Gen Zers and millennials are due to rising costs of living. Climbing the corporate ladder isn’t as simple...
Fear, powerlessness, hope at COP26 – hope: how do I find it?
At COP26, Force of Nature went to every corner - the Blue Zone, the Green Zone, the New York Times Climate Hub, the UK Youth Climate Cafe, the trailblazing campaigners in the streets, and everywhere in between - to gauge the emotional climate. A couple weeks ago, we peeled back the curtain on the emotional climate at COP26 by exploring the fear-fuelled question, "Is this our last chance?" Last week,...
The 2022 mission to clean-up electric battery production
Precious metals like cobalt and nickel are vital components of electric batteries, but extracting them is a dirty and dangerous. As the demand for green tech grows in 2022, are we any closer to fixing the labour and sustainability issues? 2022 is going to have to be a big one for vehicle manufacturers, if we’re going to meet any of the clean transport pledges made at COP26. Whilst the majority of...
Exxon is greenwashing on its zero emission pledges
Oil company Exxon has committed to reaching ‘zero emissions’ by 2050, but this does not include any caused by burning its products and only counts in-house ‘operations’. It’s the latest example of big business greenwashing for public favour. Exxon is one of the world’s leading gas and oil companies – alongside Shell and BP - and is responsible for a huge chunk of our yearly carbon emissions. It has faced...
