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Commentary

Driving cars out of our cities

Great cities set the tone for modern living and a new campaign for Car Free Megacities is aiming to improve the music of our urban streets as well as...

By Andrew Simms on 13 May 2021

Commentary

The need and opportunity for green recovery & why we need ecological interest rates

If the Chancellor can get his carbon sums right, he can help save the economy and the climate together – the CEE Bill and an ecological interest rate...

By Andrew Simms on 3 March 2021
Clean energy, Enough money

Commentary

Economic prospects for 2021: the FT survey

Each year the Financial Times newspaper investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of economic analysts. Andrew Simms from Rapid...

By Andrew Simms on 12 January 2021
Enough money

Commentary

Fossil fuel disarmament

Three years ago, on 7 July 2017, something quite remarkable happened. After decades of trying to get the nuclear powers to fulfil their commitments under...

By Peter Newell and Andrew Simms on 7 July 2020
Clean energy

Briefing

Crisis conversations – Reset #4: time, work and sharing economic benefits

A decade of economic hardship seemed to have transformed for increasingly urban workforces the promise of shorter working weeks and better work – life...

By Andrew Simms on 4 June 2020
Decent work, Enough money, Secure rights, Liveable cities

Briefing

Crisis conversations – Reset #3: thriving places to live

Quieter streets, cleaner air, more time – amidst the human tragedy of the Covid-19 outbreak other experiences are inviting people to ask more of the...

By Andrew Simms on 11 May 2020

Briefing

Crisis conversations – Reset #2: learning as we go for long term transition

In the debate over the global response to Covid19 a battle of hashtags has broken out between those urging a quick return to ‘normal’, and those saying...

By Andrew Simms on 16 April 2020

Briefing

Crisis conversations – Reset #1: learning as we go for long term transition

How quickly the brain adapts to the new normal – Emily Maitlis, BBC Newsnight, 25/03/2020 In late 2018 the Rapid Transition Alliance launched with the...

By Andrew Simms on 6 April 2020

Commentary

New poll reveals a climate ‘awareness – action gap’ – but big behaviour changes under way in food, travel, consumerism & family life

A new poll of scientists – many working in fields related to the climate emergency – reveals a current gap between awareness of international climate...

By Andrew Simms on 16 November 2019
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