Jemima Parker, Chair of Zero Carbon Harrogate What links the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCCC) reports and the...

by Tim Larner, Zero Carbon Harrogate Planning Group Lead We all love to berate the local authority planning system, me included. Why...

At the start of a new year, hopes are always high, with thoughts of new beginnings, new adventures and the promise of better things to...

Much talk has taken place in recent weeks about the threats posed by climate change and the actions that are required to address it. Just...

As COP26 comes to a close we are left to consider what its legacy will be. What will be the impact of the agreements reached? Will they...

It’s arrived! The 26th UN climate conference, known as COP26 has started in Glasgow. It heralds two weeks of presentations, discussions,...

Events of recent weeks have come as rather an unpleasant surprise, with fuel shortages, hikes in energy prices and disruption to...

I wonder if you have ever been confronted by a situation where you are expected to do something but feel you don’t have the knowledge,...

Knowing what to do about climate change can often feel overwhelming. Not knowing where to start or what to do can lead to inaction. It’s...

I sense a widespread but misplaced belief that electric cars will be an environmental panacea. They will help, but electrification of our...

Climate breakdown is getting much more media coverage of late and we hear a lot about carbon footprints, carbon emissions and zero-carbon...

So, you are off and running, you were inspired, or perhaps your children were, and you felt the pressure to do something about climate...

Since the dawn of mankind fire has played a crucial part in our survival, keeping us warm in the coldest of climates, but now it poses a...

“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot” is the first line from a very prescient song called “Big Yellow Taxi” from 1970 by Joni...

The climate is changing - it’s no longer a matter for debate. Farmers are seeing the seasons disrupted, extreme floods are commonplace,...

As we sat shivering in another ‘Beast from the East’ and were filled with a mixture of glee and annoyance, depending on age, by the...

I have just finished reading ‘English Pastoral – An Inheritance’, by James Rebanks, an unexpected but rewarding Christmas present. It...

What kind of a year have you had? This enquiry is usually made in polite conversation, with little expectation of a significant response,...

Harrogate frequently tops the list of the best places to live in the UK and being joined this year by Ripon it’s perhaps not surprising...

Momentous global events can often pass us by here in our relatively quiet corner of the English countryside, even with twenty-four-hour...