Power planting
Rohini Kamal outlines the promises and problems for Bangladesh in building solar arrays on its farmland. More than 100 countries met in Dubai during November last year where they pledged …
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Money for nothing
Stewart Lansley tells how fat cats have made money while they sleep. Writing in The Times, Keir Starmer called wealth creation Labour’s “Number one mission”. Real wealth creation that boosts …
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Trading security
Uneven production, thin trading, climate change and increasing demand will keep food security out of balance. Jayan Jose Thomas and B. Satheesha explain in the wake of India’s rice export …
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Fibre optics
Looking good and being good people don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Zoe Gilbertson spins a worthy yarn. The £50bn listing on the London stock exchange of clothing giant, Shein, …
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Thought for food
Common beliefs about the health benefits of many foods are founded on false claims by a rapacious industry says Grant Ennis. In 2014 a hunter left out 40kg of chocolate …
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Getting real on fake meat
A wave of alternatives to meat has swept through the UK. In this article Lynne Davis unpacks the debates around these packaged processed food stuffs, and the nature of the …
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Mum. How are cigarette companies allowed to still exist?
Hilary Sutcliffe explores why processed food firms are free to peddle poison and how mother can actually know best. Rumour has it that the Labour Party is set to take …
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A local lifeline
As developing nations sink in overseas debt, Bruno Bonizzi describes why local currency debt may be part of the solution. After a decade of sustained growth, Ghana defaulted on its …
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Poor diet
Megan Blake explains how rich countries can have hungry households and introduces a means to climb out of food insecurity Eradicating hunger is one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development …
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Natural beauties: a dollar and a half to see ‘em
Nicolette Boater investigates whether privilege, connection or economic thinking and practice wins the day for nature’s protection. The image is by James Allen. In summer 2023 the UK’s National Trust …
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