Climate Change – Frontline Club

Pandemic Plastic – a Burning Issue

Vaughan Smith — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:19:33 +0000

Pandemic Plastic A Burning Issue. By burning, are we burning our future? Burning plastics is a primary source of Green House Gases. The plastic pollution crisis that overwhelms our oceans is also a significant threat to the Earth’s climate. At current levels, greenhouse gas emissions from the plastic lifecycle hinder the ability of the world community […]

Environment: Hope in Hell

Vaughan Smith — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:35:07 +0000

Climate change is the defining issue of our time - we know, beyond reasonable doubt, what that science now tells us. Just as climate change is accelerating, so too must we – summoning up a greater sense of urgency, courage and shared endeavour than humankind has ever seen before.

The Maldives: Between Dictatorship and Democracy

Phoebe Hall — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:02:05 +0000

As the Maldives sinks into an increasingly repressive regime under the helm of current President Abdulla Yameen, we will be joined by exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed, journalist and author of The Maldives: Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy JJ Robinson, and others, to discuss the current situation in this small yet turbulent archipelago. With at least 100 Maldivian jihadists now fighting in Syria and Iraq, a significant share of the country's modest population, we will also discuss the increasing role of Islamism - as well as the implications for the wider South Asia region. We will explore hopes for the future and the role of an increasingly-repressed media in supporting an eventual transition to democracy - all as the impending threat of climate change on the low-lying islands continues to loom large.

Inside Obama’s White House

Tom Colson — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:14:22 +0000

On Tuesday 15 March the Frontline Club hosted a screening of the first episode from new BBC Two series Inside Obama’s White House. It was followed by a Q&A with series producer Norma Percy and director Paul Mitchell, moderated by author and Guardian journalist Jonathan Freedland. The first of the four-part series looks at the […]

Short Film Screening and Discussion: Framing the Future of Water

Julianne Rooney — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:58:57 +0000

A panel of professionals from a range of disciplines, including journalists and water experts, will come together for a unique event to talk about one of the biggest challenges facing our planet today - the global water crisis. The future of water isn’t a simple topic – it is vast and can often be overwhelming. During the discussion we will explore how this topic can be made accessible through the power of storytelling and film.

Kisilu: The Climate Diaries

Frontline Bloggers — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:13:26 +0000

By Harriet Agerholm On Tuesday 10 November the Frontline Club hosted a preview screening of Julia Dahr’s Kisilu: The Climate Diaries, ahead of the film’s December screening at the UN climate change conference in Paris. The screening was followed by a discussion with the film’s producer, Hugh Hartford. The documentary, produced for Al Jazeera, focuses on the eponymous farmer […]

Al Jazeera Preview Screening – Kisilu: The Climate Diaries + Q&A

Julianne Rooney — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:43:50 +0000

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with producer Hugh Hartford. Kisilu tells the story of Kisilu Musya, a Kenyan farmer living at the front line of our changing climate. The film intimately documents his family's struggle against the extreme storms and drought that threaten to destroy their home and crops. Determined to educate his community about methods to combat the damaging impact of extreme weather, Kisilu becomes an impassioned advocate of climate change awareness.

Brazil’s Water Crisis: Deforestation and Drought

Phoebe Hall — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:59:08 +0000

By Stefano Pozzebon On Tuesday 21 April, the Frontline Club hosted a panel to discuss the water crisis in Brazil and the world’s largest green area, the Amazonian rainforest. Chaired by Andrew Mitchell, chairman of the Scientific Exploration Society, the event was the second in a series entitled ‘Exploration of the Frontline,’ a collaboration between the Scientific […]

None to Blame but All to Suffer: The Carbon Crooks + Q&A

Frontline Bloggers — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:05:24 +0000

By George Symonds What do a dead poet, organised crime and the air we breathe have in common? On Thursday 21 November the Frontline Club screened The Carbon Crooks – director Tom Heinemann’s exposé of the massive fraud and failures within global carbon trading schemes. Heinemann introduced his picture thus: “This film is a about […]

FULLY BOOKED THIRD PARTY EVENT Broken filter: Is our journalism up to the debate over energy and climate change?

Millicent Teasdale — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Organised by the Greenpeace Energydesk

With the UK's Energy bill on the verge of coming before parliament and world leaders preparing for the latest climate summit, this time in Doha; some are worrying about the ability of a struggling media to play an effective role in the debate on energy and the climate.

Chaired by editor of the Guardian, Alan Rusbridger an expert panel will be exploring whether our journalism is up to the debate over energy and climate change.