Why so much is going wrong at the same time Lots of things are going wrong. Does that make it a polycrisis? By Thomas Homer-Dixon. Published in Vox, Oct 18, 2023 Is the world facing a “polycrisis”? Is there even…
Repost from The Lancet – originally published on October 20, 2021. Executive summary The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing updated, new, and improved indicators each year, the Lancet…
But there are lessons from the current crisis that should guide our response to the next one. An article by Bill Gates. Reposted from gatesnotes.com. Published: August 4, 2020. A global crisis has shocked the world. It is causing a…
Sustainable Development Solutions Network, July 2020 Repost from the SDSN report interactive website. To download the full report, click here. The Sustainable Development Report 2020 presents the SDG Index and Dashboards for all UN member states and frames the implementation…
By Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona. Friday March 6, 2020 Repost from The Guardian Conservative politicians have long declared there is no alternative to capitalism. Many of capitalism’s cruelties, from housing crises and crumbling public amenities to increasingly precarious forms…
Repost from: The Conversation, July 24, 2019 7.38am EDT Updated August 19, 2019 3.50pm EDT By Elizabeth Schmidt, Professor of Practice, Nonprofit Organizations; Social & Environmental Enterprises, University of Massachusetts Amherst Capitalism’s days may be numbered – at least judging…
Guardian environment correspondent Fiona Harvey recalls being heckled at the House of Commons and explains how attitudes to climate have shifted in 10 years From https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/17/climate-science-deniers-environment-warning Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent Published on Thu 17 Oct 2019 12.02 BST A crack…
