Economic prospects for 2020: New Weather and the FT survey
Each year the Financial Times newspaper investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of analysts. New Weather’s Andrew Simms took
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New Weather co-director Prof Bill McGuire resigns from scientific body over fossil fuel funding – full letter
As reported in this BBC News article, New Weather Institute co-director, Prof Bill McGuire has resigned from the Geological Society
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Knock Three Times – see our new collection of modern folk tales
Buy it here: Knock Three Times – 28 modern folk tales for a troubled world edited by Andrew Simms and
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Five fails in UK climate emergency action
As the UK is revealed to be the biggest net importer of carbon dioxide emissions per person in the G7 group of
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Rising seas and Extinction Rebellion: policing the wrong problem
Bill McGuire, Prof. of Geophysical & Climate Hazards, says that policing Extinction Rebellion looks like displacement by state authorities unwilling to
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Climate Breakdown? We need to talk about the Treasury
Extinction Rebellion held a People’s Assembly in Parliament to identify new priorities for each government department, this is an adapted
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The Green New Deal – now make it happen…
We all know there is a climate emergency, but what we can do about it? Any action capable of working
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Economics – A Crash Course
Economics – A Crash Course Hear the authors David Boyle and Andrew Simms introduce their new book, Economics – A
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Why flying is heading for a climate tailspin
Bill McGuire explains why global heating is making flying even worse… for global heating Even if we often pretend the
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Can we transform the world in 12 years? New short film for the BBC
Here’s some evidence-based hope in a warming world… Working in collaboration with Tamarack Media, and the Rapid Transition Alliance, we’ve made this
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