In photos: Bristol’s climate news – November 2025

Bristol’s Red Rebels, formed by Doug Francisco to participate in climate protest as part of Extinction Rebellion, have turned their ire towards insurance companies who funnel financial support to fossil fuel companies, arms manufacturers and corporations making millions each year from migrant detention centres – photo: Lizzie Goldsack

The performance protest group laid a long stream of red fabric down the side of Glastonbury Tor to symbolise the death of Palestinians in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, calling on people to ‘boycott bloody insurance’ that is linked to Israeli arms – photo: Guy Reece

The same campaign raised a banner on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm, the site of Glastonbury festival, demanding organisers boycott the festival’s current insurer Allianz which which underwrites Israel’s main arms supplier, Elbit Systems – photo: Boycott Bloody Insurance

Horfield Cafe and Community Garden has become the first in Bristol to recycle all of its food waste on site, with two HotBin composters nicknamed ‘pinky and perky.’ The cafe will save over 30 tonnes of CO₂ each year, the equivalent carbon sequestered by 35 acres of forest a year, or 75,000 miles in an average car – photo: Ardagh Community Trust

The second composter was formally inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony during an official visit from a representative of the Royal Horticultural Society as part of the In Your Neighbourhood awards – photo: Ardagh Community Trust

Dr Alix Dietzel, a climate justice and policy expert based at Bristol University, gave a rundown of her experience after attending COP30 at Bristol’s monthly Green Mingle – photo: Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership

Bristol author Henrik Dahle celebrated the launch of his book ‘the Art of Climbing Trees’ which he says is part walkabout, part manifesto, part eutopia – photo: Silje Rindal

For one year, Dahle climbed a tree a day across ten countries – beginning with a tree in Victoria Park, Bedminster – and was joined by more than 80 ‘co-climbers’ including environmental pioneers, ex-gangsters, professors and poets to talk about nature, civilisation and reimagining the world – photo: Jacob Parish

Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership’s Climate Leaders Group celebrated five years this month – photo: Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership

New Green Party leader Zack Polanski rode the wave of his current popularity into Bristol where he held a rally to a packed house at St George’s. He then also made a surprise appearance on stage at the O2 with Rizzle Kicks where he led a chant of ‘tax the rich’ – photo: Rob Browne

At this studio at the Paintworks, looked down upon by Helios, artist Luke Jerram presented his new living artwork concept to a room full of tree lovers and environment enthusiasts – photo: Alex Turner

Echo Wood will be planted to emerge over the next 50-100 years as part of Lower Chew Forest. People are being invited to get involved now by planting and sponsoring trees, and dedicating tree-borne messages to future generations – image: Enviral

Bristol Airport has announced plans to place a strip of landing lights on Felton Common as part of its plans to expand to welcome transatlantic flights – photo: Julie Maine

The plan has been staunchly opposed by Bristol Airport Action Network who call it a ‘land grab’ of yet more greenbelt land by the airport which conflicts with Bristol’s environmental commitments and damages public health – image: Bristol Airport Action Network