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Earth Overshoot Day 2022Today is officially Earth Overshoot Day 2022, the date when humanity has used all the biological resources that Earth regenerates during the entire year. We...
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Earth Overshoot Day 2022Today is officially Earth Overshoot Day 2022, the date when humanity has used all the biological resources that Earth regenerates during the entire year. We...
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Economic prospects for 2021: the FT surveyEach year the Financial Times newspaper investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of economic analysts. Andrew Simms from Rapid...
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Economic prospects in 2022: the New Weather Institute in the Financial Times surveyEach year the Financial Times polls a group of economic analysts on what they think the next year holds in store for the UK. The New Weather Institute, a...
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Economic prospects in 2023Each year the Financial Times polls a group of economic analysts on what they think the next year holds in store for the UK. RTA member, the New Weather...
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Energy transition in an oil city: is a just transition possible? Part 2This is the second of two blogs looking at the specific challenges of moving away from fossil fuels in cities that have been historically dependent on...
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Evidence based hope in a pocket sized chap bookLast week saw the launch in Wellington, Somerset, of a book of Hope Tales for a positive future published in the style of an historical “Chapbook” – a...
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Exit apocalypse – New Internationalist magazine explores how to avoid climate breakdownMy nine-year-old son, Laurie, looked up at me from the sofa the other day. ‘I know!’ he said, apropos of nothing. ‘What if we found something to put...
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Fossil fuel disarmamentThree years ago, on 7 July 2017, something quite remarkable happened. After decades of trying to get the nuclear powers to fulfil their commitments under...
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Given Half a Chance: Ten Ways to Save the WorldEnvironmentalist Edward Davey’s new book, Given Half a Chance: Ten Ways to Save the World shows how little it would take to set a rapid transition in...