Topic: Environment
Reversing inequality: Unleashing the transformative potential of an equitable economy
Report / 14th August 2017A new report explains how the rules governing the US economy are tipped in favour of asset owners over wage earners, and offers solutions to transform our system. Authored by Chuck Collins and published by the Institute of Policy Studies and the Next System Project.
Circular economy isn’t a magical fix for our environmental woes
Blog / 14th August 2017To truly flourish, the circular economy needs to be part of a bigger effort to tackle economic growth, wasteful consumerism and undemocratic power structures in the global economy. It needs to be geared to the real needs of all people, rather than the excessive consumption of a few, writes Micha Narberhaus and Joséphine von Mitschke-Collande.
Earth Overshoot Day: Mankind has already consumed more natural resources than the planet can renew throughout 2017
News / 2nd August 2017Humans have already used up their allowance for water, soil, clean air and other resources on Earth for the whole of 2017.
Better and different! Transforming food systems through agroecology
Report / 1st August 2017For over half a century the struggle against poverty has been a focus of global rhetoric. Rarely, however, do people ask the most important question: Who is going to fight poverty? This is where the concept of agroecology comes in, based on peasant farming systems - an approach that defends diversity against monoculture, and gives local markets priority over the global market. The following brochure was collaboratively produced by INKOTA-netzwerk, Brot für die Welt, FIAN, Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, MISEREOR, Oxfam and Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
Planet has just 5% chance of reaching Paris climate goal, study says
News / 1st August 2017There is only a 5% chance that the Earth will avoid warming by at least 2C come the end of the century, according to new research that paints a sobering picture of the international effort to stem dangerous climate change.
A world in trouble: drought, war, food, flight
Article / 19th July 2017Climate change is becoming a permanent reality affecting food supplies in many parts of the world, escalating a new international food crisis in 19 countries. As the trend of increasing migratory flows worsens, there is no escape from the need for a rapid reduction in carbon emissions, writes Paul Rogers for openDemocracy.
G20 is desperately trying to save a failed world order
Article / 17th July 2017A new politics is needed if the incredible riches of our world are to be shared by the many. But the G20 cannot or will not adopt such a redistributive and regulatory agenda; only massive popular action can bring it about, writes Nick Dearden.
Degrowth: the case for a new economic paradigm
Article / 30th June 2017Unbridled growth appears to be at odds with social well-being and environmental sustainability. How might we develop a model that reduces the imperative for growth while maintaining economic stability? By Riccardo Mastini for openDemocracy.
We only have 3 years to turn the corner on global warming
News / 29th June 2017The next three years will effectively decide the fate of our planet’s climate. This is the stark message of a new commentary in the journal Nature by several high-profile climate scientists and policy makers.
Here’s why donating £2 a month cannot possibly end poverty
Article / 22nd June 2017To stop global inequality, aid agencies must ramp up their campaigns against the issues – such as unjust trade deals and climate change – that help it thrive. By Matthew Bramall of Health Poverty Action.