Climate Crisis
Benjamin Bradlow, Alexandros Kentikelenis – Technology and Transition
The role of technology transfers in international trade, particularly in the context of the green transition. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Sustainability
Climate Crisis
Francisco García Sánchez, Dhanapal Govindarajulu – Valencia floods showed why coastal cities should restore their wetlands
Wetlands absorb rainwater, a key impediment to dangerous flooding, but not if they have been destroyed by ecologically insensitive development. Francisco García Sánchez is assistant Professor in Urban Planning at the Universidad de Cantabria. Dhanapal […]
Austerity
Heiner Flassbeck: Restless and senseless – the complexity of the modern world is overwhelming politics
What do you do when problems get too much for you? You bury your head in the sand or you take refuge in hectic activity that you sell as the solution to all problems. Our […]
Climate Crisis
Morning Star: What will a 3°C world look like?
IAN SINCLAIR highlights a recent book chapter by climate scientist Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, who warns ‘a world full of horrors’ can expected if climate catastrophe is not averted Read HERE
Austerity
Michael Roberts – Books of the year 2024
Every year at this time, I look back at the books that I have reviewed during the year on this blog. I’ll take them in chronological order. José Tapia had a new book on the […]
Climate Crisis
Jem Bendell – The scientific pain of climate change: Shifting narratives of acceptance and avoidance in climatology
Any time we use to debunk the irrational ideological arguments of privileged people in privileged societies is time lost for serious exploration for how to respond to reality. Jem Bendell is Professor of Sustainability Leadership, […]
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell – The concept of degrowth remains underspecified – reform or revolution?
Marx’s long discredited notion of the – Tendency of the rate of profit to fall – as an intrinsic feature of Capitalism, which he believed would eventually bring the system asunder, is likely to be […]
Climate Crisis
Dean Baker – Contrary to What the Washington Post Tells Readers, China is Doing a Huge Amount to Combat Global Warming
And China invests more in renewable energy than the rest of the world together. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Cross-posted from the CEPR Blog Source: BNEF […]
Energy
Pascoe Sabido, Elena Gerebizza – Just how many fossil-fuel lobbyists did the EU take to COP29?
COP29 in Baku, which finished on November 24th, was crawling with fossil-fuel lobbyists determined to eke out profits for as long as possible. Pascoe Sabido is a researcher and campaigner at Corporate Europe Observatory, Elena […]
Aviation
Transport & Environment: Only Ten Airlines have Serious Plans to Transition to Green Fuels
Half the airlines in the T & E ranking score zero for their lack of uptake of sustainable aviation fuels. Read HERE