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Rapid transition to beat the heat – InfrastructureAll the wonders of human civilisation were conceived of, and created in, a climate that no longer exists. Nowhere is this clearer than in the infrastructure...
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Rapid transition to beat the heat – InfrastructureAll the wonders of human civilisation were conceived of, and created in, a climate that no longer exists. Nowhere is this clearer than in the infrastructure...
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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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Rapid Transmission: a low carbon economy needs better transmission and distributionWhen it comes to the needed rapid energy transition, headlines are often dominated by wind turbines, battery storage, and solar panels. Indeed, the rollout...
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Real climate leadership means ending finance for fossil fuelsIf the UK is going to be a good host for COP26 and pave the way for rapid transition, its climate policies need to be more coherent – and it could start...
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Smog Day fell as pollution rose & one of Europe’s worst air quality countries holds climate talksThe possibility of rapid transition comes from accepting how much we are a part of nature and its cycles argue Nick Robins and Andrew Simms, and marking...
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Squaring urgency and equity in the just transition debateIs it possible to accelerate transitions in inclusive ways? Can rapidity be squared with attending to questions of equity and social justice? The question...
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Stop the clock: working less to address the climate crisisIn the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, climate campaigners have reignited calls for a ‘green jobs revolution’ to simultaneously address rising levels of...
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Strikes to science fiction: four ways to transform climate and developmentThe UN Climate Summit next week in New York will once again convene governments to discuss the intimidating challenge of how to coordinate action around...
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Supporting Just Transitions in the Oil and Gas Sector in Africa: The Role of External ActorsThe climate imperative to reduce production and consumption of fossil fuels is well recognised. But what is less well understood and supported is the need...