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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

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

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

Story of change

The Rise and Rise of Green Bonds

In 2013, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) packaged and issued a new financial instrument – a so called “green bond” – which was identical...

Posted on 2 December 2018
Enough money, 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

The New Deal and a Green New Deal – turning economic and environmental disasters into an opportunity for national, public renewal

A proposal for a Green New Deal from the dynamic new Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become a rallying point for progressive politics...

Posted on 11 February 2019
Enough money, Decent work, Clean energy

Story of change

From financial exclusion to financial revolution: the story of mobile money

Update Since publishing this story of change, we have seen an interesting critique of the original paper that underpins much of the narrative, ‘The...

Posted on 4 March 2019
Enough money, Digital progress

Story of change

New money meets the cost of change: how local currencies save economies and communities, and help them flourish

In times of crisis and other upheavals, local communities have discovered that one answer to being failed by the mainstream economy is to print your own...

Posted on 9 April 2019
Enough money

Commentary

Given Half a Chance: Ten Ways to Save the World

Environmentalist 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...

By Edward Davey on 12 April 2019
Clean energy, Liveable cities, Safe water, Enough money, Secure rights
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