ZCD Co-Director Mark Chivers joined Pierre Jones of SDG.Vision to talk about the Dorset COP, the role ZCD played in this and the challenges we still face in a challenging policital climate, with the podcast now available online. 

SDG.Vision hosts podcasts and films aimed at inspiring people to engage and take action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. More than 40 films are currently available for free via their site.

Christchurch Harbour and Marine Society (CH&MS) are calling on local residents to join them outside BCP's Civic Offices in Bournemouth on Tuesday 25th March at 17:45, ahead of the full council meeting at 19:00, which will be debating a petition calling for Christchurch Harbour to be granted marine protection. Organisers are arranging a "peaceful, fun, family friendly demonstration" and calling for everyone with an interest in maintaining the quality of the harbour's water to gather dressed in "your water activity clothing" and to bring water related items such as fishing rods, floats, oars, paddleboards and kayaks. ​

This inspirational story from Brazil, shared by Regenerosity, explores how the Indigenous Women’s Fund of Brazil (Fundo Mulheres Indígenas do Brasil or FMIB) has created a new approach to supporting indigenous women’s leadership across the country. Among many inspirational stories of action from around the globe in celebration of International Women's Day, this one caught our attention as the programme was created by a locally based activist Ruth Andrade. You can read the full story here...  

ZCD's Mark Chivers joined one of the panel's at this years "Love Your Planet" event at UCL in February. The event, a partnership between the University's Grand Challenges programme, Climate Reality Europe and Climate Cafe was hosted by UCL Earth Scientist and Author Mark Maslin and presenter and campaigner Shooka Bidarian. 
Presenters, from a wide variety of backgrounds,  discussed the achievability of Net Zero objectives and the current political climate among many other issues. 

Continuing the debates and discussions started at Dorset COP, our first webinar of 2025 features the postponed session on climate and the media. At this event we’ll be discussing with Tom Chivers of the Media Reform Coalition how the media has set and misled the narrative on climate change, despite clear scientific evidence of the issues we face. We’ll also discuss how his research, in line with the aims of the Media Reform Coalition, outlines the need for a more democratic, diverse and independent media, ending the abuses and concentration of media power which have failed, not just the climate emergency, but the very fabric of our democracy. 
Reserve your free space here.