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Clearing city air: the death of diesel & the distance still to travel

Many people can conjure images of London during the Great Smog of 1952. Black and white photographs of double decker buses with lights on full beam, barely...

Posted on 22 January 2019
Efficient travel, Liveable cities

Story of change

When overnight, flying becomes impossible: the volcanic revelation

At 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...

Posted on 9 January 2019
Digital progress, Efficient travel, Clean energy

Story of change

The Medellin miracle

In the early 1990s Medellín, the second largest city in Colombia, was the most violent city in the world. The homicide rate reached an unprecedented and...

Posted on 19 December 2018
Liveable cities, Secure rights, Efficient travel, Enough money, Decent work

Story of change

Reclaiming the streets: the increasing trend of pedestrianisation around the world

As urban dwellers and city administrations become increasingly conscious of the corrosive effects cars and air pollution have on our lives and lungs, cities...

Posted on 2 December 2018
Clean energy, Efficient travel, Liveable cities

Story of change

The Rise of Brazil’s Sugarcane Cars

Brazil today is home to the world’s largest fleet of cars that use ethanol derived from sugarcane as an alternative fuel to fossil fuel based petroleum....

Posted on 2 December 2018
Clean energy, Efficient travel

Report

Climate & Rapid Behaviour Change. What do we know so far?

“We’ve shown in the past that surprising changes are possible in how people behave, in smoking, driving, antibiotics, and sexual health. We now know...

By Andrew Simms on 15 October 2018
Clean energy, Better homes, Decent work, Digital progress, Efficient travel, Secure rights, Enough money, Safe water, Liveable cities, Good food

Report

How did we do that? The possibility of rapid transition

A booklet which collects stories of rapid transitions to show what we can learn from history and the present day about how people adapt to rapid change.

By Andrew Simms and Peter Newell on 24 April 2017
Clean energy, Better homes, Decent work, Digital progress, Efficient travel, Enough money, Good food, Liveable cities, Secure rights

Resource

Book: The Politics of Green Transformations

Book published in 2015 that explores how 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' green transformations work, and the roles played by different kinds of alliances among...

Posted on 20 January 2015
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