Last Thursday was a real thrill for OG as we celebrated our third birthday at London’s beautiful Somerset House. Between drinks and canapés we held a stimulating panel discussion on “Climate, finance & international transport: how should shipping and aviation pay for their environmental impacts in climate vulnerable countries.” Read on to hear about the discussion’s main points. 

The UK’s new Foreign Secretary David Lammy made the welcome announcement that climate would be central to the UK’s foreign diplomacy. Now it just needs to be financed – which is where the undertaxed sectors of shipping and aviation come in.

Opportunity Green's CEO Aoife O'Leary hasn't flown for five years. Here, she reflects on how she has managed to reduce her personal aviation emissions by cutting out flying and gives her top tips on how to fly less and reduce airplane pollution.

With autumn starting to set in, we take a trip back through the best positive climate stories this (more or less) sunny summer had to offer.

Getting away from the desk for a day, last week the Opportunity Green team headed to Hampstead Heath to learn the art of foraging with nature connoisseur Flavour Fred. Read all about what we learnt and, most importantly, what we ate along the way.

Sabrina and camping are not usually words you’ll find in the same sentence. I like being warm and having my nails done – two things I don’t think complement the hobby of camping. But when Climate Reframe offered its community a chance to go to Timber Festival, I said yes not just to leaping out of my comfort zone and into nature, but also to confronting the environmental movement’s race problem.

More and more flights are coming with additional environmental charges, as airlines pass on the costs of their climate damage to flyers. But so far, offsets like this have done little to reduce emissions. What we need is a solid plan to ensure that airlines and their users pay a fair price for their environmental damage.

The energy efficiency of residential buildings is emerging as an important lever in tackling climate change. Recent trends in climate litigation reveal an increasing focus on this area, recognising its impact on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and promoting social justice. Here’s why this matters. 

The Opportunity Green team took a day away from screens to think about the big picture for our 2024 Strategy Day. It was a day to think about how we’ve grown and had impact in the past year, what our priorities are going forward and what we need to do to achieve them.

Last month marked a pivotal moment in climate justice as the long-anticipated advisory opinion was handed down from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). We round up our team’s initial reactions.

Opportunity Green, along with four other NGOs, are calling on the train and ferry companies to restore the Sail & Rail service to its former glory. Here are five reasons why it needs to be easier to sail and rail from London to Dublin.