by Andrew Simms | Sep 26, 2018 | Blog
Lindsay Mackie writes about coming down from the mountains with ideas about how our economics and politics can become better rooted and able to give communities what they need The losses we have endured over the past ten years since the Banking Crash of 2008 are not...
by Andrew Simms | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog, Daily Climate Denial, Weather Bombs
The BBC belatedly admitted mistakes over its reporting of global warming after public pressure and official censure. but the reporting of climate change is still inadequate argue Prof Bill McGuire and Andrew Simms What did it take for the BBC to admit that its...
by Andrew Simms | Sep 12, 2018 | Blog, Rapid Transition
There is no shortage of evidence for humanity’s environmental crises. Data from a global catalogue of recent extreme weather events warns of a climate emergency. But is there also evidence for optimism? Paul Allen, project leader for the Zero Carbon Britain...
by Andrew Simms | Jul 30, 2018 | Blog, Weather Bombs
Our weather extremes are signs of a human population overshooting its planetary home, writes Prof Bill McGuire, what will it take to make us change course? How long can we go on prevaricating? How long can we hedge our bets when deciding if a particular natural...
by Andrew Simms | Jul 23, 2018 | Blog, Rethinking Economics
In the middle of a heatwave and drought, it’s not just the leakage allowed by private water companies (as much as people actually use), but the money they drain from a vital piece of our national infrastructure that’s the problem, writes Miriam Stewart, from the...