The Guardian reports this morning that: The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for
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Turning up the HEAT
Part of the work my Finance for the Future colleague, Colin Hines, has been doing on our joint project on ways to pay for the
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Neoliberal capital markets value dollars now much more than they value lives, including those of many now alive
As the Guardian notes this morning: The world is set to have been hotter in 2023 than in any other year on record, scientists have
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Question of the day: Will the public ever accept that serious changes in behaviour are required if we are to manage climate change?
Right now, it is quite hard to recall that the biggest crisis facing humanity arises as a result of climate change. Discussion of the issue
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There is a growing world rice crisis. What are we going to do about the humanitarian crisis that could flow from it?
The FT is reporting that the world is facing a rice crisis. As they note, the price of rice is rising very fast: That is
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How many wedges can Sunak create before he has to call an election?
As the Guardian notes this morning: Rishi Sunak is to prioritise the interests of millions of car owners with a series of measures that will
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Heathrow does not need a new runway. Only a naive belief in growth suggests that it does.
The FT has an article this morning which asks: I have not read the piece in full. I did not need to do so to
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Rosebank is not about oil as far as politicians are concerned: it is about their fear of inflation and their lust for power
During my absence from blogging yesterday the government approved the Rosebank oilfield. Let the stress, this does not mean that this oilfield will now progress.
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What will the UK do with its internal cimate refugees?
I had to go to the Fenland village of Somersham to get a Covid vaccine yesterday. Why the NHS directed me there, I do not
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