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In this episode: what do we know and how should we act? We look at two major reports that have landed with an almighty thump: the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report on net zero and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) report on species loss. Plus, we join climate twitter in the campaign for two football finals to come home to the UK.

Interested in what you're hearing? Here are some links to read on:

CCC

CCC, Twitter, https://twitter.com/theCCCuk/status/1123838886831120385

Roger Harrabin, BBC News, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48233548

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/05/02/three-cheers-climate-committee-no-cost-zero-emissions/

Jonathan Ford, The Financial Times, https://www.ft.com/content/70d36c14-6db0-11e9-a9a5-351eeaef6d84

IPBES

Ruth Chambers, Inside Track, "Nature is in crisis: now the UK government must respond", https://greenallianceblog.org.uk/2019/05/09/nature-is-in-crisis-now-the-uk-government-must-respond/

The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/opinion/sunday/extinction-endangered-species-biodiversity.html

BBC News, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48104037

Europa and Champions league finals

The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/11/anger-carbon-bootprint-english-football-finals-champions-league-europa-league

Dara O'Briain tweet: https://twitter.com/daraobriain/status/1126609021719470081

The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/11/21/environmental-campaigners-back-telegraphs-call-premier-league/

Questions or comments? Tweet us @GreenAllianceUK!

Music is Podington Bear, used under Creative Commons licence.