The climate crisis is real. It’s not a drill. If we do nothing, Barcelona and the planet will become uninhabitable for future generations. In an effort to prevent that happening and mitigate the effects of the climate crisis in the city, Barcelona City Council has declared the Climate Emergency, with an action plan and a budget of 563 million euros to implement a hundred different measures. The goal is to halve greenhouse-gas emissions by 2030 in comparison to levels recorded in 1992, and to cut CO2 emissions by two million tonnes.
EU politics
Pymnts: Italy U-Turns on Policy Supporting Cash Payments
The current Italian government, like the one before it and the one before that and the one before that, is not going to do anything to upset the EU – and bugger the Italians. Read […]
Economics
Thomas Piketty: Confronting war, rethinking sanctions
If an ordinary Russian loses half of his pension or salary because of the fall in the rouble and inflation caused by the sanctions, then there is no recourse, no court where he can complain. […]
Geopolitics
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi – Culmination
Excellent analysis of the dynamics at play in the Israel-Iran war. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
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