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Published in: Home‘The Experiment of Development’: the source of our progress has become the source of our downfall
As the United Nations celebrates its 75th anniversary amidst a global pandemic, interconnected challenges and...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCan the coronavirus save the planet?
The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up.
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Published in: Home: OpinionNature is a comfort under lockdown. But what will be left for our children?
The temporary fall in CO2 emissions due to coronavirus has been a respite for the planet – it should be a wake-up...
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Published in: openMovementsVirus: all that is solid melts in the air
Is it easier to ascertain the truthfulness and quality of a society’s institutions under normal daily circumstances...
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Published in: ourEconomyWhat happens if you treat healthy school meals as a public service?
Meet France's new 'municipal farmers' supplying organic produce to local schools.
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Published in: ourEconomyThe Bank of England has a new boss. What should his top priorities be?
We asked eight leading economists to give advice to the man replacing Mark Carney at the top of the central bank....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPalestine: Olive trees don’t catch coronavirus
While the world struggles to face the coronavirus pandemic, the Israeli army scrambles to uproot olive trees.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow a Bernie Sanders administration could dismantle Canada’s fossil fuel economy
Canada’s extractive economy is highly dependent on oil exports to the US. A Sanders Green New Deal could finally...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Brexit: the ‘Australian option’?
If this is all a negotiating ploy, Boris Johnson has massively overplayed his hand.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWe can't let this economic crisis go to waste
As the coronavirus threatens financial markets, any government intervention must be in close alignment with a green...
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Published in: HomeAfter the pandemic: how will the right fight back?
Five ways in which they might rescue the wider political project from the jaws of defeat.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Coronavirus crisis: major economic and financial consequences
We rediscover that health is a global public good, and that public health and welfare systems are crucial...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow EU rules are getting in the way of progressive public policy – and how cities are fighting back
This week the European Commission made a new push to limit cities’ rights to promote sustainable local development...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionGovernments must act to stop the coronavirus – but we can't return to business as usual
If our aim is to protect human and environmental health, restoring the status quo is not good enough. Thankfully,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The massification of precarity
“Economic insecurity, not inequality, is the real grievance of the 99 per cent.”
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionClimate activism for the new decade
The fight against global warming has entered a new phase. What strategies will help us halt catastrophe?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe UK needs a budget that meets the scale of the challenges we face
The new chancellor should rewrite the rules of public spending to support investment in climate mitigation and adaptation.
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Published in: oDRCan Georgia develop a strong policy on climate change?
While big polluter states are often the focus of international climate talks, it's important to pay attention to...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationVero: the midwife at the Amazon's heart
This young indigenous woman from Ecuador assists the women of her Achuar community in childbirth. Considered sacred,...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow climate policy stops at the border
The Port of Rotterdam boasts of its green credentials in the Netherlands but invests in fossil fuel mega projects abroad.