Green Watch Our Green Watch team takes a critical look at stories, products and policies in the news to identify greenwash and genuine sustainability successes. You are here Home Grantham Centre For Sustainable Futures Green Watch Making Waves: Could emissions capture at sea be the answer to low-carbon shipping? A new carbon capture technology made headlines recently with the claim it can clean up cargo shipping. The key ingredient: quicklime. But is it as easy and neat a solution as it at first appears? When it comes to climate people aren’t afraid to talk about change, so why are our leaders? Do people need to change their behaviour if we are to meet our carbon targets? Apparently not, according to UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, in his recent Times interview at COP29. Doncaster Sheffield Airport Reopening Flies in the Face of Sustainable Development Can reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport be classed as sustainable? That’s the question our Green Watch team has been investigating. What Budget 2024 means for sustainability From the perspective of sustainability it will take some time to analyse the implications of all the announcements in the 2024 budget, but here are some of the headlines that struck the Green Watch team. Green Watch – Election Special Welcome to Green Watch Election Special. This is the place to get expert opinion on all the sustainability issues being discussed during election season. The Burning Question: is biomass really sustainable? Our Green Watch team address some of the issues around the burning of biomass for power generation and whether it has a place in a sustainable electricity generation mix. Reassessing plastics for Earth Day: Why we need to stop demonising them To coincide with Earth Day, our Co-Director, Professor Tony Ryan OBE, wrote a guest blog for our Green Watch team to share his thoughts on the topic and explain why it’s time to reassess our views on plastics. The misconceptions about the role of electrification in decarbonisation Our Green Watch team address some popular misconceptions that often come up when looking at the role of electrification in decarbonisation. Is Vertical Farming the Future? After news about a new vertical farming operation opening in Gloucestershire, our Green Watch team took the opportunity to look into some of the specifics of the article and ask one question: is vertical farming the future of agriculture?
