Climate breakdown is the consequence of a flawed development system that we have considered normal for too long.
Doing development differently Jale Simuwai | 17th August 2021 | News Conservation Climate Breakdown Coronavirus Indigenous Peoples Perspectives On A Global Green New Deal …
As the Greens announce anti-austerity policies in their election manifesto, Bennet Francis & Rupert Read examine the austerity narrative - and find it doesn't add up. By insisting that deficit reduction is necessary for growth, the politicians of austerity undermine the very meaning of the 'prosperity' they promise us.
… Francis | 14th April 2015 News Politics Economics UK Green Economy … Rupert Read is a philosopher of ecology, of economics and of 'the social sciences'. He is …
The three year study involves academics from the University of Stirling, University of Glasgow, Plymouth Marine Laboratory and Clark University in America.
… has been awarded a share of £850,000. The Economics of Marine Plastic Pollution: What … Frans de Vries, Professor of environmental economics at the University’s Stirling …
Sooner or later economics and ecology will need to be recognised as the two complementary faces of the same coin, writes environmentalist Tony Juniper
… Tony Juniper | 31st October 2012 News Ecology Economics Tony Juniper George Osborne Nature tonyjuniper.jpg Sooner or later economics and ecology will need to be … to how environmental challenges relate to economics provide a case in point. The idea …
The success of a society should not be measured just in terms of material wealth, according to climate advisor Lord Deben.
Deben's redefinition of economic growth Catherine Early | 13th May 2020 News Growth Economy Covid-19 Climate Biodiversity GDP bluetit-4999386_1920_1.jpg The success of a society should not be …
A revival of the traditional Kachchhi handloom could be a shining example of how India could tackle its severe livelihood, ecological, and cultural crises.
Weaving transformations Ashish Kothari | 18th April 2019 News India Crafts Traditional Skills jaishree_habubhai_at_her_loom_adhoi_village_ashish_kothari_smaller_size.jpg A revival of the traditional …
Oxford scientists launch ambitious roadmap for circular carbon plastics economy.
… 2024 | News Oxford University Plastics Economics Compostable plastic for paper Oxford … , the Battcock professor of environmental economics at the Oxford’s Smith School of …
The Labour party’s manifesto prioritises climate change, air quality and biodiversity decline, arguing that strong environmental policy is a social justice issue. CATHERINE EARLY reports
Labour commits to 2050 'net zero' target Catherine Early | 25th September 2018 News Labour Climate Change Fracking Farming Fishing Politics sustainable_fishing.jpg The Labour party’s manifesto …
The rejection of a plan to import vast amounts of high-level nuclear waste from around the world for profit was a significant result for campaigners but that threat is still far from over, writes JIM GREEN
… by experts from the US-based Nuclear Economics Consulting Group (NECG), … provide an informed response to the issue of economics because the findings in the RCR …
Environmentalists had waited with baited breath for the Chancellor's 2007 Budget. Gordon Brown had intimated that it would be the 'greenest ever'. In fact, it was a resounding disappointment.
… 23rd March 2007 News Budget Gordon Brown Lets Economics Spending Incentives Taxation Tax Green UK Economics Finance Carbon Dioxide Global … Subsidies World Bank Fair Trade Politics And Economics Society Ecologist_archive_MAIN_3.jpg …
Even well-meaning efforts to tackle environmental crisis often ignore a basic reality: the profound two-way relationship between economics and ecology.
… the profound two-way relationship between economics and ecology. While millions of …
The revolution taking place in Burkina Faso is far more than an uprising of rebellious youth, writes Alexander Reid Ross. It's a genuine fight for national liberation - from neoliberalism, land grabs, corruption and foreign domination - that evokes the freedom struggle of an earlier generation.
… to underdevelopment-extraction-based economics designed to loot natural resources. …
Cost of pollution, deteriorating soil and other impacts surged to 1.3tr yuan in 2008 - equivalent to 3.9 per cent of country's GDP - as officials warn of threats to ecology, food safety and flood control
China counts £130bn cost of economic growth in ecological damage Jonathan Watts Guardian Asia environment correspondent | 29th December 2010 News China Pollution Degradation Flooding Natural World …
Three countries producing 95 percent of European olive oil production could lose billions because Xylella fastidiosa is killing trees.
Olive oil production threatened by disease Nilima Marshall | 14th April 2020 News Biodiversity Food And Farming Xylella Fastidiosa olivetreeedit.jpg Three countries producing 95 percent of European …
The dual problem of waste and scarcity is prompting a return to circular economic thinking.
Circular economy to combat food waste Brendan Montague | 30th October 2018 News Thought Leaders Food Waste Supermarkets Circular Economy gi_market_food_waste.jpg The dual problem of waste and …
For the second year running CO2 emissions flatlined even as the global economy was growing at around 3%, writes Alex Kirby. But sharply rising temperatures show the need for further massive renewable energy deployment to actually bring emissions down.
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We watch as people panic-buy loo roll. But behind the scenes traders are panic buying gold bars as world markets crash - and there are none left.
Coronavirus is crashing global markets Simon Pirani | 24th March 2020 | News Coronavirus Global Markets Capitalism 5400-3600-2.51881050.jpg.gallery.jpg We watch as people panic-buy loo roll. But …
Roads, mines, dams, power lines, pipelines and other infrastructure projects are fast eating into the world's 'core forests', writes Bill Laurance. These rare and precious places where wildlife and ecological processes can flourish undisturbed must come before the evanescent gains of 'development'. To save what's left, governments and funders must learn the word 'No!'
Saying 'No!' A last chance for the world's forests Bill Laurance James Cook University | 5th February 2016 News Forests Development Transport Conservation Africa Brazil Malaysia amazon-dam-cut.jpg …
Both Trump and Brexit can be explained by the failure of mainstream political elites to address the pain inflicted on ordinary citizens in the neoliberal era, write Helena Norberg-Hodge & Rupert Read. In the US and the UK, working class voters rightly rejected the corporate globalisation that has created so much poverty and insecurity. But the real solutions lie not in hatred, but relocalisation.
… Futures , and in the documentary film The Economics of Happiness .) Ladakh's experience …
The Institute of Economic Affairs' Shanker Singham took visitors from Oklahoma into the heart of government. ALICE ROSS and LAWRENECE CARTER investigate
… “Shanker is like that but for trade and economics and everything else, they all just … its mission of educating the public about economics. This was according to a response …
The transition to renewable energy will entail a period of economic deintensification or 'degrowth' that could benefit wellbeing.
The energy descent future Joshua Floyd Dr Samuel Alexander | 21st December 2018 News Degrowth Transition Energy Carbon 36670573605_54608cc527_b.jpg The transition to renewable energy will entail a …
China's success in driving down its fossil fuel burn will raise chances of a success at this year's Paris climate talks, writes Kieran Cooke - but first the world must appreciate the changes China is making, and how clean energy is catalysing a broader economic transformation.
… The joint study by the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Grantham Research …