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Steve Keen: What economists get wrong about climate change
Leading us towards another crisis Read here
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Robin McAlpine: Der Countdown läuft – warum ein Green New Deal quantitativ bestimmt werden muss
Robin McAlpine’s Vortrag in unserer Reihe “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” vom 9. November 2021 You can view the original English version here Man kann die Welt nicht retten ohne die notwendige Arbeit: […]
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Transport & Environment: Trucks still breaking EU’s legal emission limits in on-road tests
Automotive industry opposition to new emission standard could lead to thousands of avoidable premature deaths. Read here
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Climate Analytics: Why gas is the new coal
Gas has no place in a 1.5˚C world, and its use should already have peaked, but instead the expansion of the industry continues to rise, according to a new report by Climate Analytics. Read here
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Oxfam: Carbon emissions of richest 1% set to be 30 times the 1.5°C limit in 2030
The poorest half of the global population will still emit far below the 1.5°C-aligned level in 2030. The richest 1 percent and 10 percent of people are set to exceed this level by 30 times […]
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PIK: 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2021
As compounding impacts from our worsening climate crisis become more visible around the globe, leading researchers at COP26 highlight urgent and interconnected risks and solutions. The 10 New Insights in Climate Science series is a […]
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Michael Roberts – Financing the climate
It is time to accept reality as we have seen it at COP26. Capitalism is simply not capable of preventing climate change. It can only make it worse. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the […]
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Paul David Richard Griffiths – Green lending: world’s biggest banks’ latest initiative at COP26 is a step backwards
There’s still a lot of fossil-fuel lending going on. Lucasz Z Paul David Richard Griffiths, EM Normandie – UGEI Over 450 of the world’s banks have committed to a new initiative at the COP26 UN […]
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George Monbiot – Surface Tension
Our survival depends on piercing the glassy surface of distraction, and ceasing to obey. Read here
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EURACTIV – LEAKED: Paper on gas and nuclear’s inclusion in EU green finance rules
A proposal to bring both nuclear power and natural gas into the bloc’s green finance taxonomy is circulating in Brussels. The paper has been branded as a “scientific disgrace” by campaigners who warned it would […]