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What do responses to the pandemic, and the energy and conflict crises teach us about reversing overconsumption?25 October 2022 at 1:00PM - 25 October 2022 at 2:30PM
The pandemic showed that society has the capacity to change policy, behaviour and daily life in a very short period of time, almost overnight. Consumption...
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What do the world’s fastest transitions to low carbon power and transport have in common?Norway is making the world’s fastest transition to zero emissions road transport. Over half of all cars sold in the country are electric vehicles (EVs),...
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What does COP27 mean for rapid transition?This year’s COP27 took place in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, at a time of multiple threats facing the international community. Things do not look good. A fossil...
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What would a climate emergency plan look like?Across the world, national and local governments are declaring a climate emergency on the back of dire warnings from UN scientists about the need for urgent...
Story of change
When behaviour changes overnight – from stay-at-home, to smoke free air and switching sides of the roadHow quickly, in peacetime democracies, are people prepared radically to change their behaviour? The Covid-19 pandemic provides some clues. One of the most...
Story of change
When everything changed: the US & UK economies in World War IIBoth the United States and the United Kingdom has within living memory gone through a period of very rapid transition in terms of a huge reduction in the...
Story of change
When overnight, flying becomes impossible: the volcanic revelationAt the end of 2018 reported sightings of drones near a runway of the UK’s second most busy airport, Gatwick, led to the grounding or redirection of all...
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Why COP26 failed on fossil fuelsFor the first time at a key climate summit, the F word got a mention in the final text: fossil fuels. Yet even then, extensive lobbying ended with the word...
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Why didn’t anyone tell me rapid transition was possible?Fossil fuels still run our economies and our lives. And now the chief from an oil company is poised to lead the climate talks. I can’t help asking… Is...