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Global average ocean surface temperatures 08 04 2023 Source: NOAA & Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License Creative Commons License.
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Why I Wrote Hothouse Earth

10th April 202310th April 2023 Bill McGuire 0 Comments climate emergency, fossil fuels, global heating, rapid transition

As the latest data reveals global average sea surface temperatures hitting a record high, Prof Bill McGuire explains why he wrote his uncompromising bestseller, Hothouse Earth

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Blog Rapid Transition The Economics Reformation 

Economic prospects in 2023: the New Weather Institute in the Financial Times survey

3rd January 20233rd January 2023 Andrew Simms 0 Comments climate, Economics, green new deal, rapid transition

Each year the Financial Times polls a group of economic analysts on what they think the next year holds in store for

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Blog Rapid Transition The Economics Reformation 

Economic prospects in 2022: the New Weather Institute in the Financial Times survey

4th January 20226th January 2022 Andrew Simms 2 Comments Economics, Economics Reformation, green new deal, rapid transition

Each year the Financial Times polls a group of economic analysts on what they think the next year holds in

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Towards a one-stop shop for greener homes

16th December 202116th December 2021 Nicky Saunter 0 Comments green deal, housing, insulsation

This post first appeared on the Rapid Transition site… t is about time the UK government got to grips with

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Wild gardens
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Re-Green the Village

3rd April 20215th April 2021 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments climate emergency, Easter, gardening, peat

It’s time to put the secateurs, herbicide and peat compost away and let the over-manicured English village return to nature.

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Blog Modern Folk Tales Rapid Transition 

POWER OUT – the new BBC ‘power & protest’ thriller by New Weather’s Sarah Woods

22nd August 202022nd August 2020 Andrew Simms 0 Comments BBC, energy, environment, power, protest, thriller

POWER OUT is a new BBC thriller about power and protest on a dying planet, starring Vinnie Heaven and written

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Is the climate worst case getting worse?

6th July 20206th July 2020 Bill McGuire 1 Comment

It’s not what most people want to hear at the moment, but the impact of Covid19 on society and economy

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Where do we begin the transition?

18th May 202018th May 2020 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments COVID-19, electoral reform, green new deal, localism

In a recent poll only nine percent of respondents said they wanted to return to the world as it was

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National Gardening Leave: an opportunity to reinvent working lives and urban spaces

1st April 20201st April 2020 Andrew Simms 2 Comments climate emergency, Economics, rapid transition, Work

How often are ideas that once seemed radical and to some, even preposterous, made tame by the turn of events?

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Why and how rationing works – lessons from rapid civic mobilisation

17th March 202018th March 2020 Andrew Simms 8 Comments

Nothing like the current upheavals around the world in the wake of the novel coronavirus, COVID19, have been experienced in

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