Rapid Transition Alliance

The climate is changing faster than we are — how do we speed up?

Rapid economic transition, including widespread behaviour change to sustainable lifestyles, is necessary to live within planetary ecological boundaries and to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees. Find out more

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Transition Towns – the quiet, networked revolution

The Transition Network began in 2006 in the small rural UK town of Totnes, Devon. It was initially a response to the twin threats of climate change and peak...

Posted on 9 October 2019

Enough money, Clean energy, Digital progress, Efficient travel, Decent work, Better homes, Good food, Liveable cities, Natural advantage, Secure rights, Safe water

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Rojava in Syria – growing local democracy and defending ecology in the midst of conflict

In 2012 in Rojava, Northern Syria, a group of Kurds set up a secular, ethnically inclusive and bottom-up democratic system, in which all ethnic and...

Posted on 1 October 2019

Secure rights, Good food, Decent work

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The post-Cold War Cuban food experiment

With the rising awareness of the speed and scale of action needed to prevent climate breakdown, is a nervousness about our ability to meet the challenge....

Posted on 26 September 2019

Good food, Safe water, Clean energy

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We want to learn from where, when and how things have changed very quickly. Do you have a story of rapid transition?

They could be from the past or now, and from anywhere in the world. We are interested in all sectors of the economy. They don’t have to be specifically about sustainability, though we’d like you to tell us why they are relevant and what lessons they might offer for rapid transitions to sustainability.

The climate is changing faster than we are — how do we speed up?

The climate is changing faster than we are — how do we speed up?

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Scientists say we have 12 years to stop the planet warming above 1.5C. Can we do it? History is full of examples of rapid change.

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