Climate catastrophe: current global governance is not good enough.
… Conflict Pandemics Artificial Intelligence Global Catastrophic Risk Report Global Challenges Foundation Economics … Climate catastrophe: current global governance is not good enough. We have …
'Degrowth' is central to the reversing of flows of natural resources from the global south to the global north.
… of flows of natural resources from the global south to the global north. Degrowth advocates for a … - such as calling for a massive reduction in global population or for all technology to be …
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.
… Global emissions stand still as temperatures … running CO2 emissions flatlined even as the global economy was growing at around 3%, … of preliminary data for the year reveals that global energy-related emissions of carbon …
The first ever ‘summit of the future’ will be staged by the United Nations next year. It might be our last chance.
… UN website calls for a summit "to forge a new global consensus on multilateral solutions to … face unprecedented challenges, both in their globality and in their vast time horizon. … enough, with many alarm signals flashing globally. The multiple, global ecological and …
Genuine climate justice means thinking big when it comes to economic inequality. A 'carbon fee and dividend' would reduce emissions and poverty.
… Basic income and a global commons Laura Bannister Paul Harnett | … doing so would boost basic income payments. Global response Climate change is a global problem and it requires a global …
Can we initiate a global green recovery, embedding economics within sound ecological parameters?
… Can we initiate a global green recovery, embedding economics … within sound ecological parameters? The global impacts of Covid-19 have left humanity … of the fragility of the human condition. A global health crisis is being superimposed on …
COP28, the Gulf Arab states and the new ‘East-East’ axis of world oil.
… and other large oil-producing states in the Global South. Collectively, these firms have … Canada and Western Europe, but their overall global influence has been much diminished by … significant changes that have taken place in global capitalism over the last two decades. …
World heading for ‘climate catastrophe’ as countries’ plans fail to deliver – UN.
… 'Economy-destroying levels of global heating' Emily Beament | 27th October … how far off track nations are on cutting global warming pollution. A UN Environment … a huge gap between the action needed to limit global temperature rises to avoid the worst …
A year ago Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, struck central Philippines leaving tens of thousands of people dead and missing, millions homeless and livelihoods destroyed. Today climate-affected communities worldwide are demanding change.
… Haiyan and to honor all the victims of the global climate crisis, we declare this day, … in countless other places around the world. Globally, the number of reported … In Central America, as in many places in the Global South, warming climates have resulted …
Scientists have found new way to to answer the question: how much carbon have we got left before we pass the Paris limits?
… Paris climate targets of 1.5 o C and 2 o C of global warming. Although the exceptionally … the vast complexity of the climate system, global warming depends overwhelmingly on the … definition of Net Zero as the point at which global warming essentially stops. The problem …
Rate of decarbonisation ‘falling dangerously short of rate needed for 1.5C’ says financial services giant.
… Agreement. The 2023 analysis suggests that global year-on-year decarbonisation must now hit a rate of 17.2 per cent to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial … Ambition This is seven times greater than the global decarbonisation rate of 2.5 per cent …
The climate emergency is a lived reality across the Global South - we must have action not words from COP27.
… Global South faces 'war without bullets' … Julius Ng’oma | 13th September 2022 | Comment Global South COP26 COP27 Economics Editor’s … emergency is a lived reality across the Global South - we must have action not words …
'Sharpe’s favoured alternative to neoclassical economics is a form of evolutionary economics: when it comes to the energy transition this notion is deeply flawed.'
… enough emphasis on the risks arising from global warming. Why, he asks, are there so few studies of the impact of 4 degrees of global warming compared with the impact of 2 … the two degree limit is too risky. No doubt global risk assessment can be improved, …
We must urgently move from Petropolis and dependence on fossil fuels to Ecopolis supported by regenerative economies.
… bottled gas and kerosene, food supplies from global sources, and health and education … relying on ever more fossil fuel energy and global resource supplies. Combustion technologies and global trade jointly fuelled its unprecedented …
Keeping 1.5C alive ‘bottom of desired outcomes for global businesses at Cop28’.
… 1.5C alive ‘bottom of desired outcomes for global businesses at Cop28’. Limiting global warming to 1.5C is bottom of the list for global businesses’ desired outcomes at this …
Now is the time to be bold, and to envisage a holistic, green recovery linking human wellbeing with the health of ecosystems.
… into new life, starkly contrasts with the global, linear takeaway systems we have … to market failures of epic proportions, with global pollution and ecosystems destruction … resurgence of vigorous regional, national and global governance is required, focused on the …
How an elite clique of math-addled economists hijacked climate policy.
… the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, global risk managers, the financial services … to warming that only marginally reduces global gross domestic product. Model If … between 2.7 and 3.5 degrees Celsius, the global economy reaches “optimal” adaptation. …
Pollution caused by burning fossil fuels are already causing the premature deaths of 200,000 people a year - in the US alone, writes Pete Dolack. Add up the figures worldwide and it comes to many millions. And that's before we even count the catastrophic long term impacts of global warming. The US response: to loosen anti-pollution regulation and encourage increased oil, coal and gas production.
… count the catastrophic long term impacts of global warming. The US response: to loosen … of all deaths of children age five or younger globally. A summary notes : "[W]hen infants … environmentally stressed areas: "92% of the global population, including billions of …
Big may look impressive, but life can be hell for the individual in agriculture today. The problems are vast and complex, and do not lend themselves to easy answers. So what is the agricultural crisis all about, and what can be done to tackle it? Steven Gorelick seeks out the true root of the crisis.
… the news that one could easily believe the global economy is making everyone (else) rich. … are to an immobile landscape, suffer in a globalised economy that subsidises mobility … their farm. Once they are hooked into the global economy, they are easily victimised by …
Off-grid renewable energy is key to achieving the global goal of 100% electricity access by 2030, writes Adnan Z. Amin, and to achieving the emissions reductions enshrined in the Paris Agreement. Thankfully, a confluence of factors - including rapid cost declines and impressive technology innovations - are making this goal more achievable than ever, and investment in the sector is taking off.
… renewables: the sustainable route to 100% global electricity access Adnan Z. Amin IRENA … renewable energy is key to achieving the global goal of 100% electricity access by … have been made in recent decades to increase global access to electricity, but there is …
The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) survey of global risks revealed that the cost crisis has overtaken the failure to act on climate change as the biggest concern.
… annual World Economic Forum (WEF) survey of global risks revealed that the cost crisis has … climate change and failure to take action on global warming are the most serious long-term … annual World Economic Forum (WEF) survey of global risks revealed that the cost crisis has …
The EU referendum debate is taking place between different wings of the corporate elite, dominated by assumptions in favour of big business, free trade and endless economic growth, write Helena Norberg-Hodge, Rupert Read & Thomas Wallgren. But to vote for a sustainable future we must adopt a very different, local perspective - one you'll never find in UK's 'mainstream' media.
… of the EU from an ecological, cultural, global solidarity and democratic perspective. … the world. At the regional, national and global level, societies and ecosystems have … to corporate interests and economic globalisation The European Union is an …
Trade deals are used to extract valuable resources from the Global South - but a recent victory shows we can make a difference.
… used to extract valuable resources from the Global South - but a recent victory shows we … crises compels us to look at the current global systems which are structuring how we … between countries – it sets the rules of the global economy and defines the policy space …
'Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto' is a glimmer of hope shining through otherwise dark times.
… In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic recession, an unlikely book … and its subsequent effects on the global environment are caused by the economic … the exploitation and externalization of Global South land and labour (or the “ …