Bill McGuire, Prof. of Geophysical & Climate Hazards, says that policing Extinction Rebellion looks like displacement by state authorities unwilling to act on rising seas In the battle against global heating and climate breakdown there are, at present, two front...
Extinction Rebellion held a People's Assembly in Parliament to identify new priorities for each government department, this is an adapted from Andrew Simms' short speech on the challenge to the Treasury When he led the Treasury as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon...
By David Boyle and Andrew Simms When car-crash politics proves such irresistible and distracting theatre, it is even more important to maintain a focus on our central, generational challenge, the prevention of climate and ecological breakdown, whatever happens with...
Last week, I found myself talking to one of the key experts in the UK on about community share offerings. He told me just how often he is asked by clients and others how you are supposed to keep in touch with shareholders in the community. We were chatting at the...
https://youtu.be/PvEvfhdSaJo 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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yksC12jn_9U&feature=youtu.be 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...
This pamphlet looks at how the UK is unprepared for a new era of crises and disasters. To illuminate the national predicament we look at lessons from recent history, and what we can learn, often from countries in the Global South, about the kind of local planning required and resources needed to be ready for when storms and other disasters strike near where we live.
