Somerset Council has just adopted a new advertising policy, specifically targeted at the adverts placed on 120 roundabouts populating their estate. The policy is by far the most ambitious passed by any council when it comes to addressing high-carbon...
Often advertised with imagery of pristine natural habitats and beautiful oceans, cruise ships are in fact well known to be some of the world’s largest polluters, going as far as outpacing flying in terms of carbon emissions per passenger. Even the most efficient...
Following the first public health warning from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency about the dangers of brain pollution – its new public health information campaign sheds light on the latest ‘commerciogenic’ disease plaguing our societies: ‘Planes on the Brain’...
New legal advice commissioned by the New Weather Institute for Badvertising and Adfree Cities gives local authorities the green light to end high-carbon advertising on the advertising sites they control. This new legal opinion provides assurance to councils that they...
Last fall, the municipality of Stockholm announced it would introduce a fossil ad ban, prohibiting “all advertising, sponsorship and other collaborations that drive fossil fuel use”. The city of Gothenburg has recently taken a similar decision; namely "to draw...
This pamphlet looks at how the UK is unprepared for a new era of crises and disasters. To illuminate the national predicament we look at lessons from recent history, and what we can learn, often from countries in the Global South, about the kind of local planning required and resources needed to be ready for when storms and other disasters strike near where we live.
