My thoughts on the conditions that will deliver a Green New Deal, based on a discussion I had in an online seminar yesterday:
Greening the Economy
I took part in a debate last night (literally, last night as it ended at 1.30am this morning for me as it was US based)
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A Dutch manifesto for the After Coronavirus era
Andrew Dickie drew my attention to this Dutch manifesto for the After Coronavirus era: This concise manifesto, signed by 170 academics working in the Netherlands
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If people could do the unthinkable to their economies to slow a pandemic, they could do the same to arrest catastrophic climate change
The FT features an interview with President Macron of France this morning. They note him saying: There is a realisation, Mr Macron says, that if
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The Economics of a Green Recovery
For those up late in April 20 I will be taking part in this US-based event on April 20: The Economics of a Green Recovery
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Ten EU countries say the Green New Deal is part of the recovery from coronavirus plan
I was delighted to read a joint article by ministers from ten EU countries calling for the Green New Deal to be part of the
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Is the EU really going to put Blackrock – the arch purveyors of greenwash – in charge of EU green accounting?
I have not got time to unravel the true horrors of this story – and anyway, Professor Daniella Gabor has already done it really well.
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The world can’t COP out of climate change
I know we have an unprecedented crisis going on. Or rather, I know we have two going on. Coronavirus is killing right now. And it’s
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When we’ve beaten coronavirus we’ll need to deliver the Green New Deal – and both will depend on quantitative easing
My friend and Green New Deal colleague Colin Hines has a letter in the Guardian this morning: Larry Elliott correctly identifies the wartime scale of
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