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Danny Dorling – Don’t panic about the birth of Baby 8 Billion. Before he’s 65 our numbers will be in reverse

November 22, 2022 David Shirreff 0

We should not be alarmed at the rise in global population. Inequality, greed and waste are the real problems of our age. Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder professor of human geography at Oxford University. He […]

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Climate Crisis

Food Security in Africa: Interview with WAEMU Commissioner Professor Kako Nubukpo

November 15, 2022 David Shirreff 0

“Short-term responses are being put in place to deal with mid- to long-term problems, which is understandable given the urgency of the immediate.” Read Here

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Joseph Eastoe and Rupert Read – A fair COP or a dirty COP: What we need and what we can expect from COP27

November 5, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

There are, sadly, several reasons to be less optimistic for COP27 than we were for COP26, say Joseph Eastoe and Rupert Read of GreensCAN. The pair set out 11 tests that they believe COP27 – […]

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EEB: Commission’s 2023 Work Programme caves under chemical and farm industry pressures

October 29, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

The European Commission Work Programme (CWP) for 2023 scraps bold plans to protect Europeans from hazardous chemicals and transition to a nature-positive economy.  Read Here

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Corporate Europe Observatory – How biotech giants use patents and new GMOs to control the future of food

October 23, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Big global biotech corporations like Bayer and Corteva, which together already control 40% of the global seed market, are dangerously trying to reinforce their monopoly and threatening food security. A group of seed saving, environmental […]

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DeStatis – Germany: High gas prices affecting fertiliser industry

September 26, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Good news for the enivronment! High gas prices have led to massively higher producer prices of fertilisers and a significant drop in fertiliser sales Producer prices of fertilisers nearly doubled in August 2022 compared with […]

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EEB: EU wastes more food than it imports, says new report

September 24, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

European Commission faces pressure to set legally binding targets to tackle food waste scandal. Read Here

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Jennifer Kwao – The Untold Story of the Food Crisis

September 20, 2022 David Shirreff 0

The Ukraine conflict is only the latest tipping point for a global food system already on the edge. Jennifer Kwao is the editorial assistant of the Green European Journal Cross-posted  from the Green European Journal Ukraine […]

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Mathew D. Rose – Germany: Ship of fools runs aground on the Rhine

August 30, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

For the European political class the current crises are not about saving the planet but preserving their neo-liberal ideology and the entitlement of the ruling oligarchy. The climate movement is not seen as an ally, […]

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Michael Le Page: Heatwave in China is the most severe ever recorded in the world

August 26, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

A long spell of extreme hot and dry weather is affecting energy, water supplies and food production across China Read Here

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The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington

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Book Review by Michael Roberts Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington are authors of The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilises our Governments and Warps our Economies.  They launched their book with […]

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When McKinsey comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanovitch and Michael Forsythe

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Book Review by Roger Steer In January 2021 Brave New Europe published “The Americanisation of European Healthcare” which was my attempt to describe the forces at work to change the way healthcare is delivered in […]

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