Organisations called on to drive sustainable business practices during London’s Circular Economy Week.
… London’s circular economy week Brendan Montague | 3rd June 2019 News Circular Economy Science & Systems The Shard, London … business practices during London’s Circular Economy Week. Businesses, government and NGOs …
Support and mentoring available for new circular economy start-ups working in the construction industry.
… Accelerating London's circular economy start-ups Brendan Montague | 23rd October 2018 Comment Economics Circular Economy Construction Business … and mentoring available for new circular economy start-ups working in the construction …
Circular economy strategies essential as reuse of resources falls to 8.6 percent.
… Montague | 21st January 2020 News Circular Economy Material Use Production Consumption … Makers disposal-1846033_1280.jpg Circular economy strategies essential as reuse of resources falls to 8.6 percent. The global economy is consuming 100 billion tonnes of …
Efficient resource consumption can save 22.8 billion tonnes of carbon and help avoid climate breakdown.
… January 2021 | News Editor’s Picks Circular Economy Capitalism Crop harvesting in Nigeria … and help avoid climate breakdown. Circular economy strategies can cut global greenhouse … a report from impact organisation Circle Economy launched today during the World …
The dual problem of waste and scarcity is prompting a return to circular economic thinking.
… Circular economy to combat food waste Brendan Montague … Leaders Food Waste Supermarkets Circular Economy gi_market_food_waste.jpg The dual … saw the development of a 'circular economy' designed to save precious resources …
One-sixth of global economy under net zero targets, ECIU analysis shows.
… Global economy and net zero Brendan Montague | 28th … One-sixth of global economy under net zero targets, ECIU analysis … Barcelona, Los Angeles and New York. Global economy Richard Black, director of the Energy …
New study finds cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero will save significant damage to the UK economy.
… zero will save significant damage to the UK economy. Climate breakdown impacts could cause … the UK equivalent to cutting the size of the economy by at least 7.4 percent by the end of … compared with climate change losses to the UK economy resulting from current policies …
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour party, today called for a new democratically controlled, localised energy system to deliver a transition to a low carbon economy and help prevent climate change. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… to deliver a transition to a low carbon economy and help prevent climate change. … us to radically shift the way we organise our economy. In 1945, elected to govern a country … knew that the only way to rebuild our economy was through a decisive turn to …
How might a post-capitalist society evolve to meet the needs of humans and the natural world?
… intensified by competition. We enter an economy suffering from a crisis of … those who will deliver on this project. New economy This is a cause of celebration, rather … two major iterations of a post-capitalist economy, where the needs of human beings …
The decision to defend capital has led to governments taking too little action too late to stop the spread of novel coronavirus.
… Coronavirus Covid-19 Capitalism China USA UK Economy johnson_sunak.max-760x504.jpg The … in China - the world’s second largest economy - are currently focussing their … . It is - like many countries - a mixed economy with some aspects of the production …
Britain will become 'world leaders in decarbonising our economy' claims John McDonnell at his speech to the Labour Party conference in Brighton today. And with Labour still ahead of the polls, his radical agenda for renewable energy could become government policy, reports BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… become 'world leaders in decarbonising our economy' claims John McDonnell at his speech … we become world leaders in decarbonising our economy. With a publicly owned energy supply … He said: "Ours will only become an economy for the many, if we significantly …
We need to abandon Petropolis to prevent climate breakdown - and start building the ecomegacities of the future.
… trillion), by far the largest single national economy on earth. The Greater Tokyo Area … close proximity and in 2012 it had an annual economy of $1.6 billion . Tokyo as a city … Mayor of London, acknowledges : “Our linear economy - take, make and dispose - is …
Oxford scientists launch ambitious roadmap for circular carbon plastics economy.
… roadmap for circular carbon plastics economy. Ambitious targets to help deliver a sustainable and net zero plastic economy have been proposed by researchers from … "Our research finds that creating a circular economy for plastics in order to reduce their …
The Ecologist today publishes Strategy 2023-6 promising a greater focus on the impacts of the fossil fuel economy - and a vision of a regenerative future.
… focus on the impacts of the fossil fuel economy - and a vision of a regenerative … impacts of our global fossil fuel addicted economy have never been so obvious - and so … a laser-like focus on the fossil fuel economy that is the primary driver of …
Labour said its plans will put UK companies and workers in pole position to benefit from the new economy.
… in pole position to benefit from the new economy. Jeremy Corbyn today announced a plan … and plastics recycling. The global green economy is currently valued at $4 trillion, … in pole position to benefit from the new economy. Labour said it will make sure people …
Fakenomics: neoliberalism almost broke capitalism - so what might this tell us about free markets and the environment?
… lead to Nazism and any state control of the economy, including taxation, regulation and … cultures and economies. He argued that the economy, like nature, would evolve into a … the bidding of Thatcher's press enforcer. The economy lurched until the miracle of the …
The environmental campaigner and journalist argues we need to abandon capitalism as we recover from coronavirus and establish a new economy of private sufficiency and public luxury.
… recover from coronavirus and establish a new economy of private sufficiency and public … for a complete transformation of the global economy away from capitalism towards a new … "Laying the foundations of a completely new economy, an economy that lives within the …
BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates how Brexiteers are seeking to redefine protected wildlife as a “scourge” to industry in part one of a new three-part series on EU environmental protections
… overthrow this oppressive other, reboot our economy and find our way to the sunlit … cause was not the great crested newt, but the economy. As the HBF itself recognises: “The recession which engulfed the UK economy in the early 1990s was deeper and …
Fossil fuels increasingly offer a poor return on energy investment, new study finds.
… yields 25 barrels to put back into the energy economy. Renewable energy sources often have … Dr Paul Brockway, an expert in energy-economy modelling at the School of Earth and … to consider where energy enters the economy, and that puts us much closer to the …
The COP26 conference has failed to usher in a new era where capital is constrained to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown.
… The actual introduction of a copitalist economy would inevitably result in coal, oil … illusion constructed to save the capitalist economy rooted in resource extraction and …
Three in every four UK adults are worried about the impact of climate change on bills.
… "By taking action to green the economy, policymakers actually stand a chance … and avoid exacerbating the problem of an economy dependent on fossil fuels.” Positive … fuel prices have driven inflation across the economy (‘fossiflation’). Invest The authors …
'Rich countries must not use the Cop26 postponement to delay taking urgent action on reducing emissions and providing climate finance for developing countries.'
… plans, and a chance to shape the 21st century economy in ways that are clean, green, … that promotes the transition to a low-carbon economy that member states are already …
Professor Herbert Girardet today launches a major new series of essays - Megamorphosis - exclusively with The Ecologist.
… the green energy transition, the circular economy, regenerative farming and cities, and … our attention on the global fossil fuel economy and its impacts on our planet. This …
Economist Ann Pettifor predicted the 2008 economic crash. And predicted a 'shuddering shock' just ahead of the coronavirus pandemic. Find out what she sees coming next...
… an unprecedented challenge to the global economy. “Thanks to the biological earthquake …