by Andrew Simms | Sep 20, 2019 | Blog, Rapid Transition
We all know there is a climate emergency, but what we can do about it? Any action capable of working at the speed and scale needed looks like a Green New Deal. Now there’s a proposal before Parliament to deliver one. Here’s Caroline Lucas writing in The...
by Andrew Simms | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog, Initiatives, Rethinking Economics
Economics – A Crash Course Hear the authors David Boyle and Andrew Simms introduce their new book, Economics – A Crash Course, the first beginner’s guide to the subject for the general reader written from a plural or ‘heterodox’...
by Andrew Simms | Aug 22, 2019 | Blog, Clearing the Air, Weather Bombs
Bill McGuire explains why global heating is making flying even worse… for global heating Even if we often pretend the opposite, we all know how appallingly bad flying is for the environment. Be as green as you like the rest of the time, but just one return...
by Andrew Simms | Jul 24, 2019 | Blog, Weather Bombs
Bill McGuire writes that it is time to ‘Shout it from the burning Arctic, pop the luke-warm champagne!’ As the second blistering heatwave of the summer sets in and the streets of the capital begin to melt, we can celebrate one thing at least… At long...
by Andrew Simms | May 2, 2019 | Blog, Weather Bombs
There had been no climate debate in Parliament for two years then one that was barely attended. Now House of Commons has declared a ‘climate emergency’. Bill McGuire asks what is going on, if MPs understand the implications and whether logical actions will...
