Economics
Fierce Pharma: Bayer expects gloomier 2023 as lower glyphosate sales bolster breakup advocates’ case
Cancer out of the bottle loses popularity Read HERE
Environment
Climate Crisis
Dean Baker – The Chinese Need to Stay Poor because the United States Has Done So Much to Destroy the Planet
We have a global warming problem because the U.S. and other wealthy countries have been spewing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere for decades, but now we are trying to dictate the pace of emissions reductions […]
Climate Crisis
Sofia Monsalve, Shalmali Gutta – Corporate Takeover of the Global Food System Should Not Get UN Approval
The U.N. should address issues such as land concentration, so that peasant agroecology can have a real chance to flourish and make a significant contribution to tackling hunger, climate change, and biodiversity loss Sofia Monsalve […]
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts – Frying in France
While anti-climate-extremist-extremists are assuring us all is well and normal, this is not the case Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog As I fry […]
Climate Crisis
Jem Bendell – Q&A about the book Breaking Together
Prof Jem Bendell took questions from participants in the Deep Adaptation Leadership group on LinkedIn about his new book. Thanks to many generous donors BRAVE NEW EUROPE will be able to continue its work for […]
Climate Crisis
GPEnewsdocs – Subsidizing Chemical Fertilizers is Counterproductive says Economist Jayati Ghosh
By reducing our reliance on chemical fertilizers, policy makers could turn today’s food crisis into a genuine opportunity towards shifting subsidies from agribusiness-led to agroecological-led farming systems and a managed transition to healthy sustainable patterns […]
Climate Crisis
Omar Yampey – The UN’S Green Climate Fund Must Stop Financing False Solutions
Climate finance must be redirected away from greenwashing and towards real solutions like a just transition, helping frontline communities, conservation, protection of land and forests, and reforestation Omar T. Yampey is sociologist and MSc candidate […]
Climate Crisis
Christiana Figueres: I thought fossil fuel firms could change. I was wrong
Their unprecedented profits over the past year have shown their unwillingness to adapt. Read HERE
Climate Crisis
Kelly Macnamara – Researchers: We’ve Underestimated The Risk of Simultaneous Crop Failures Worldwide
Simultaneous floods in major food producing regions could seriously undermine global food supply. Published by ‘Science Alert’. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Balkan Green Energy News – EU auditors: Billions spent in vain on circular economy transition
A report by the European Court of Auditors has found that the circular transition is “almost at a standstill in European countries.” Read the article HERE.