Economics
Kate Raworth – A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow
Kate Raworth’s TED Talk on the Doughnut Economy Watch here
Sustainability
Climate Crisis
Positive Money – A Green Bank of England
At an international conference of financial supervisors, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney described the ‘transition in action’ underway as central banks and the financial sector at large begin to address climate change. Positive Money’s […]
Economics
George Monbiot: The UK government wants to put a price on nature – but that will destroy it
The Tories eeclared they were preparing a new, robust environmental policy. The result is the usual neo-liberal rubbish. Everything is reduced to its monetary value. Whoever still has a connection with nature knows this is […]
Climate Crisis
The Guardian: ‘From coal to clean’ – UK does not need to turn to gas, says WWF
A World Wildlife Foundation report suggests renewables, battery storage, and flexible technologies can replace coal plants, without having to introduce gas power plants to cover the transition. This is something new. Read here
Climate Crisis
Tim Radford – Tourism’s climate footprint soars
With regard to climate change, this is an aspect which is gladly ignored. Tim Radford, a founding editor of Climate News Network, worked for The Guardian for 32 years, for most of that time as […]
Environment
ICCT – How to think about vehicle bans: An update after two major European judicial decisions
This article may be somewhat overly optimistic. There has been no real change up to now. Even in the United States Volkswagen could buy driving rights for its diesel powered cars. By Drew Kodjak, Executive […]
Climate Crisis
Climate Analytics – How to ensure solutions really work – key questions for the Suva Expert Dialogue on Loss and Damage
As experts gather at the Suva Expert Dialogue 2-3 May in Bonn, ministers and ambassadors from vulnerable countries renewed their call for support to cope with climate-related loss and damage. As discussions on possible solutions to […]
Climate Crisis
Yale Environment 360 – Energy Hogs: Can World’s Huge Data Centers Be Made More Efficient?
Data centres eat up more than 2 percent of the world’s electricity and emit roughly as much CO2 as the airline industry. This is a fact that is conveniently being ignored. Read here
Climate Crisis
Alf Hornborg – Why you can’t have free trade and save the planet
chuyuss / shutterstock Alf Hornborg, Lund University When Donald Trump recently announced tariffs on steel and aluminium imports he was condemned by proponents of free trade across the world. His critics said the US president […]
Climate Crisis
Bill McGuire – Banking on denial: the investment rush to climate catastrophe
Ripping-up his bank account as he writes, Bill McGuire says that banks are still pouring money into ‘extreme fossil fuels’ in the face of common sense, and what they already know about global warming, wrecking […]