There is enough money in the world both to stop climate breakdown and meet all human needs. But it tends to be in the wrong hands, or is spent on the wrong things.In recent years, however, it’s been shown that huge sums of money can be found by governments overnight, or created, when they think something is important enough. Once hard-set policies can change just as quickly. Both happened after the banking crisis of 2007-2008, with trillions, globally, used to stimulate economies and save the financial system.
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Banking for good: trust, transition and the return of public banksEcological and economic crises are calling private banks into question, and proving a catalyst to a new wave of public banks. Plans to make rapid transition happen – often in the shape of...
Innovative ways are emerging everywhere to fund fair and rapid low-carbon transition. From bond issues for community-based, small- and medium-scale renewable energy projects, to new financial institutions to support new large-scale, low-carbon infrastructure, people are finding the money to make rapid transition possible. More and faster is needed, and how it should be directed is a crucial question for all, but momentum is growing.
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Thoughts on a diverse past and a kind futureJules Pretty from Hope Tales on how our human past was more diverse and kinder than we thought
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Hope from the Seed of TraumaThe pandemic years were the pivot for a rapid shift bringing a better new world into being. Andrew Simms travels through time in a special feature for New...
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Rapid transition to beat the heat: Community ResilienceExtreme weather events like the brutal heatwave engulfing much of Europe in July 2022, highlight the urgent need to foster community resilience. Much like...
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Getting creative beats consumerismFinding pleasure in play, culture and experience rather than the false promise of shopping for more ‘stuff’, is a potentially big, positive step for...
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In today’s time of energy and climate crisis, here’s the double punch sustainable finance needs to deliverSoaring energy prices, the war in Ukraine and further stark evidence from the IPCC on the severity of the climate threat requires sustainable finance to...
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Loving making clothes lastIn the cracks of shopping habits broken by the pandemic, a new group of initiatives blossomed. Attitudes shifted towards clothing, fashion and shopping in...
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Pandemic epiphaniesEat, sleep, work, shop. Sometimes in consumer societies it seems there’s not much more to life. In pre-pandemic days, the old economic system wanted...