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COP-Out 28: Oil Talk, No Action

The Conference of Parties (COP) is synonymous with the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Convened annually since 1995, the COP summits serve as a platform for signatories to the United…

Germany: Economy or Environment?

By Rosanna Weber In Germany, more than one million school strikers have participated in Greta Thunberg’s Fridays For Future (FFF) climate protests. Greta Thunberg’s movement gained massive support and the…

Sussex plummets in Green League

Glenn Houlihan and Tom Robinson The University of Sussex has plummeted 38 places in the People and Planet’s Green League to 81st. The University of Brighton came in second place,…

The Big Debate: Should Sussex University divest from fossil fuels?

Yes The University of Sussex is renowned as a progressive institution, however it continues to invest in fossil fuel exploration in direct contradiction with UN and international climate change agreements.…