This article is by Caroline Lucas MP, who is with me a member of the Green New Deal Group. It was written in anticipation of
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Survival isn’t a big enough issue for the government to take it seriously
We face a climate crisis. That crisis is by far the most important issue we face. It is about nothing less than the future of
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This is the new real
The FT has reported this morning that: UK retail sales experienced their “worst June on record”, according to a key industry body, as uncertainty over
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Towards a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty?
I am pleased to note a new paper from my long term friend and Green New Deal colleague, Andrew Simms. Working with Prof Peter Mewell
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Words matter
As the FT has noted: The London Stock Exchange caught many by surprise this week when a little-known rule tweak relabelled a group of oil
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Carbon pricing is not the most effective way to reduce emissions
This post comes from my Cambridge Econometrics colleague and co-director Hector Pollitt, who is head of the modelling team there. I share many of his
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Profit maximisation and the Green New Deal cannot mix
I read the new report on a Green New Deal for the UK from the Common Wealth think tank yesterday. I must stress that although
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Frances Coppola: People’s QE
I have known Frances Coppola for sometime. I admit that we do not always agree. There have been occasions when we seem to have sparked
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New climate change reporting requirements fundamentally misunderstand the significance of the climate crisis
The FT has reported this morning that: The UK is to explore introducing a mandatory requirement for listed companies and pension funds to disclose climate-related
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