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A Championship for Earth

A Championship for Earth

Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell recently warned that “Humanity has two years left to Save life on Earth” before some dangerous Tipping Points start and it will be out of our control. Stiell, the UN Framework Convention on…
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COP28

What happens after COP28?

COP28 has felt like a roller coaster ride since kicking off on 20 November. Finally a deal has been agreed after days of wrangling and discussions. There are mixed feelings as would be expected but I do feel there is room for optimism. This…
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Changing The Narrative

Changing the narrative

Life appears to be coming at us fast. From increasing tension and armed conflict to the re-shaping of the global energy-resources map and the progress in AI - our eco-systems are morphing in front of our eyes. Two decades ago when Earth Champions…
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Ecosystem

Reversing the dangerous cascading effect is down to each of us

In 1992 I attended the Rio de Janeiro COP1 Talks, which had a life-changing impact on me. This was the first time I was presented with the full facts relating to our future through the climate change lens. This was without doubt one of the most…
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Re-framing our perspective on water

Re-framing our perspective on water

It was a privilege to talk with Ana Colovic Lesoska, a Goldman Environmental Prize winner and Executive Director at Eko-svest at the IUCN earlier this month. Ana’s organisation collaborated with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) team to set…
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Being Nature Positive requires radical collaboration

Being Nature Positive requires radical collaboration

I have finally drawn sufficient breath to start my series of brief recaps on some of the highlights of last week’s IUCN Leaders Forum in Geneva. Certainly it was a heady mix of inspirational meshed with thought-provoking! One of the…
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IUCN Leaders Forum takes off with Bertrand Piccard

IUCN Leaders Forum takes off with Bertrand Piccard

Delighted to be attending the IUCN’s Leaders Forum. The morning spotlight kicked off with a really inspiring talk by Bertrand Piccard, Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation. Piccard certainly did not beat around the bush as he shared his…
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Forward-thinking programme soon to launch

Forward-thinking programme soon to launch

When Fiona Mathews launched Earth Champions in 2000, attended by Nelson Mandela, her goals were clear - to conduct local and international 'Discovery programmes' to find and deploy best practice solutions and innovations for Climate Change,…
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Standing on the shoulders of giants

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Every corner of every city and village around the world harbours at least one if not several individuals or companies, who are striving to make a positive environmental difference to their local community and therefore to the world. Our call…
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Decarbonisation requires action not debate

Decarbonisation requires action not debate

The recent news relating to the slowing down of the Gulf Stream propelled Fiona Mathews, founder of Earth Champions Foundation, to remind us the urgency with which we must prioritise action over talk and implement meaningful changes to protect…
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Sustainability can’t wait

Sustainability can’t wait

Fiona Mathews, founder of Earth Champions Foundation shares her views on Global Management Consultants’ McKinsey recent report focusing on the 5 key areas to energise the EUs carbon energy transition. As Fiona Mathews points out we can’t…
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Flipping The Plastic Waste Issue On Its Head

Flipping The Plastic Waste Issue On Its Head

In this article, Fiona Mathews, founder of Earth Champions Foundation highlights her work teaming up with Atlantis to make water cells and water tanks to capture and store rain water. For this project the registered charity works with LyondelBasell,…
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Waste Plastic Saving Water - Solving two problems with one strategy

Waste Plastic Saving Water – Solving two problems with one strategy

Australia’s current water management is archaic - rainwater is carried miles in costly pipes and poured into the sea. In the dry season sea water is pulled back through billions of dollars’ worth of desalination plants and pumped through…
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Local initiatives can help tackle plastic pollution at its sources

Local initiatives can help tackle plastic pollution at its sources

Whilst working on an Innovate UK study comparing the Indian and the UK ways of managing plastic film waste, Fiona Mathews, founder of Earth Champions Foundation, was given  an insiders’ perspective on the importance of keeping things local…
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