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Last summer, Theresa May signed into law the U.K.’s ground-breaking target of hitting net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 against a backdrop of increasingly vocal Extinction Rebellion protests, school climate strikes, …
A year after pledging to go ‘net-zero’, what has the UK achieved? Read More
From the publisher: Housing. Water. Energy. Transport. Food. Education. Health care. These are the core systems which make human life possible in the 21st century. Few of us are truly …
The Spatial Contract Read More
Future UK trade deals should include enforceable environmental and climate commitments for all parties, while tariffs should be lowered for low carbon goods and services, in order to “strengthen the …
Businesses call for green pledges in trade deals to ‘strengthen UK competitiveness’ Read More
Would you like to be rich? Chances are your answer is: “Yes! Who wouldn’t want to be rich?” Clearly, in societies where money can buy almost everything, being rich is …
Affluence is killing the planet, warn scientists Read More
A combination of government edicts, broken promises and climate change has driven Malian villagers away from their collective livelihoods and traditions to bring prosperity for the few, not for the …
All for One Read More
Getting together to reduce carbon emissions brings hope in a world that doesn’t care, say Colin Nolden and Michele Stua On first sight, the global climate conference in Madrid was a …
Carbon dating Read More
The 2020s look set to be the decade of make or break. The big problems we face – climate change, inequality, job creation in the face of automation, housing shortages and pressures …
Why Capitalists Need Communists Read More
Lagos’s garbage entrepreneurs are cleaning up. Adeyemi Adelekan explains. While growing up in a small suburban community in Lagos state, I was accustomed to hearing people with carts and sacks …
Trash can Read More
Why does Walter Stahel mention The Little Prince author, Antoine Saint-Exupery at four critical points in his latest book: The Circular Economy: a user’s guide? Ron Nahser reflects on a …
A circular passion Read More
A circular economy is starting to roll towards zero carbon in Ireland. Geraldine Brennan writes. Since the 1970s global resource use has tripled, reaching some 92 billion tonnes in 2017, …
Zero is circular Read More