Climate Crisis
Circle Economy: The Circularity Gap Report 2020
The global economy is consuming 100 billion tonnes of materials a year for the first time ever, but the cycling rate of resources has gone into reverse. Read here
Environment
Climate Crisis
Macro n Cheese – Event Horizon: A Climate In Crisis with Steve Keen
If you thought you understood the urgency of climate change, our guest, Professor Steve Keen, will shatter those illusions. We’ll be straight with you, this is not an easy episode to hear – but you […]
Climate Crisis
Max Ajl: Clean Tech Versus a People’s Green New Deal
Rich nations’ proposals for greening the economy need to acknowledge that their wealth rests on economic exploitation and ecological spoliation of poorer countries. Read here
Climate Crisis
Andrew Simms: From emergency declarations to practical action
It may not be much, but it is a start. Read here A vision of sustainable city transport developed as part of the Liveable Cities Programme by Ashden
Aviation
Info Barcelona: Climate emergency declared in Barcelona
The climate crisis is real. It’s not a drill. If we do nothing, Barcelona and the planet will become uninhabitable for future generations. In an effort to prevent that happening and mitigate the effects of […]
Climate Crisis
Peter Christoff – New Report Shows the World is Awash with Fossil Fuels. It’s Time to Cut Off Supply
Australia’s coal production is expected to jump by 34% to 2030, undercutting our climate efforts. Nikki Short/AAP Peter Christoff, University of Melbourne A new United Nations report shows the world’s major fossil fuel producing countries, […]
Climate Crisis
Bruce Rich – Sustainability In A Small Place: The Spanish Basque Country As A 21st Century Model
Things aren’t working out the way many of us hoped. But we could learn something from this small entrepreneurial nation. Bruce Rich is an American writer and lawyer who has published extensively concerning the environment […]
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: Australia’s bushfire dystopia – another entry for the neoliberal report card
We shall catch up on the CFA Franc series, but thought this was more important. Read here
Climate Crisis
Sustainability Agenda Podcast – Noam Chomsky on the environmental crisis
In this fascinating and timely interview, Professor Chomsky shares his views on the urgent environmental crises we are facing today—and says, following the recent IPCC report, that it is indeed “time to panic” about climate […]
Climate Crisis
David Barmes – There will be No Escape from Fires and Floods without a Transformation of our Economic System
As bushfires rip through Australia and a deluge floods Indonesia’s capital city, policymakers continue to place ecocidal economic growth above all else. Addressing climate and ecological breakdown will require nothing less than a deep social […]