A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
If America can find $716bn for the military, it can fund the Green New Deal
Article / 8th March 2019At long last the political debate in the world’s richest country is vibrant with proposals that would help the most vulnerable in our society. And what do we hear in response? A growing chorus of naysayers.
Social protection: Hot topic but contested agenda
Report / 8th March 2019Social protection has been on the UN agenda since its inception – and numerous reports from human rights experts spell out that governments and the international community must tackle tax avoidance and adequately fund the public sector, if they are to live up to their human rights and development.
Parliament must declare a climate emergency – not ignore it
Article / 4th March 2019To avoid climate catastrophe, we must go beyond what is considered politically possible. A Green New Deal would mobilise resources on a scale unprecedented in peacetime, to tackle the climate emergency and address spiralling inequality, writes Caroline Lucas.
The meaning of the Green New Deal
Article / 4th March 2019The Green New Deal strongly affirms the need for more equity and social justice, and the fact that these principles are being presented and endorsed by leading politicians suggests a realignment of political forces in the United States, writes Philippe Gauthier
Managing without growth. Slower by design, not disaster
Article / 21st February 2019It took homo sapiens some 200,000 years to reach the first billion by about 1800. In just the 10 years separating the first and second edition of Managing without Growth: Slower by Design, not Disaster, the human population increased by the same amount putting increased pressure on an already crowded planet.