The bigger picture
A million pounds can go a long way but sometimes it can be hard to know where to turn. Louise Tickle goes to Cumbria. Two women stand in the middle of …
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EXCLUSIVE: Over a thousand election candidates commit to reforming Westminster’s ‘broken’ voting system
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this piece suggested that Jeremy Corbyn had rejected PR in a statement. This was incorrect and we’re happy to put the record straight. Nearly third of …
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Climate Ambition Alliance: Nations Renew their Push to Upscale Action by 2020 and Achieve Net Zero CO2 Emissions by 2050
Press Release issued on behalf of the Chilean Presidency of COP25 Madrid, 11 December 2019 – In Madrid today, the President COP25, Minister Carolina Schmidt, presented a renewed alliance of countries …
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World Bank says Indonesia forest fires cost $5.2bn in economic losses
DECEMBER 11, 2019 16:59 JST Smoke covers forest during fires in Kapuas regency near Palangka Raya in Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, Sept. 30. © Reuters JAKARTA (Reuters) — …
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The gravity of the situation
People risk their lives to defend an environment they, and we can thrive in, but they are also changing our global economy. Nick Meynen writes. One June morning in 2008 …
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Proper gander
Girls are low in numbers. Nigella Vigorosso-Heck demands a recount. Last month the Economist magazine published an article entitled Sample Bias. It argued that women – and particularly schoolgirls – …
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All Hell Breaking Loose
All Hell Breaking Loose is an eye-opening examination of climate change from the perspective of the U.S. military. The Pentagon, unsentimental and politically conservative, might not seem likely to be worried …
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Climate Justice Groups Protest Use of Carbon Markets for Meeting Paris Goals
Climate justice advocates at the UN climate summit this week are focusing their frustration over global climate inaction into one highly technical debate: What role should carbon markets play in …
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Manifesto analysis: Anyone for Economic Democracy?
As the election campaign grinds ahead, so too does our search for signs of parties breaking out of the mainstream economics box. This week it is Economic Democracy on our …
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Governments should put wellbeing of citizens ahead of GDP in budget priorities, Iceland PM urges
Governments should prioritise environmental and social factors in their budgets instead of GDP, Iceland’s prime minister has urged, in a call for “an alternative future based on wellbeing and inclusive growth”. Katrin Jakobsdottir emphasised …
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