We face a double crisis as the twenty-first century unfolds. On the one hand, it is an ecological crisis: climate change and several other Earth System pressures are exceeding planetary boundaries to a dangerous extent. On the other hand, it is also a social crisis: several billion people are deprived of access to basic goods and services. More than 40 percent of the human population cannot afford nutritious food; 50 percent do not have safely managed sanitation facilities; 70 percent do not have necessary health care.
Aviation
Energy Monitor: Should the UK restrict flying?
The UK’s aviation sector has failed to get a grip on its soaring emissions. With the government’s Jet Zero strategy around the corner, demand reduction policies may now be necessary. Read here
Geopolitics
The Cradle: Hamas says US ceasefire proposal ‘perpetuates’ Israel’s mass killing, starvation policies
Israel reportedly agreed to US envoy Steve Witkoff’s proposal for a Gaza ceasefire Thursday Read Article HERE
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis: “The EU declared war and Theresa May played along”
The former Greek finance minister on how a bad Brexit deal became inevitable and his plan to transform Europe. We at Brave New Europe don’t take a position on Brexit. While we recognise that many […]
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