by Andrew Simms | May 11, 2017 | Blog
Joint the New Weather Institute at the Hay Festival to get to grips with political upheaval and explore different ways to understand our troubled times THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR – CAN MODERN FOLK TALES HELP TO UNDERSTAND THESE TROUBLING TIMES? With Sarah...
by Andrew Simms | Apr 24, 2017 | Blog, Initiatives, Rapid Transition
A new study by the ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex University and the New Weather Institute points to historical evidence that the sort of rapid, large scale social and economic change needed in the face of climate destabilisation has occurred before and could do so...
by Andrew Simms | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere just rose by record levels for the second consecutive year. Camilla Munkedal writes about an artistic innovation trying to bring the reality of climatic upheaval to new audiences It began in near darkness, the only light in the...
by Andrew Simms | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog
Zero Carbon Britain: Making it Happen – charts a huge range of positive opportunities for innovation, for both Britain’s economy and for its people. Paul Allen explains how the zero carbon transition offers a wide range of co-benefits including; better...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog
A global rise in temperature of just 2°C would be enough to threaten life as we know it. But leading climate scientists think even this universally agreed target will be missed. Could dramatic action help? The New Weather Institute teamed up with The Guardian to take...
