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
Commentary
Smog Day fell as pollution rose & one of Europe’s worst air quality countries holds climate talksThe possibility of rapid transition comes from accepting how much we are a part of nature and its cycles argue Nick Robins and Andrew Simms, and marking...
Past Event
Launch event: Rapid Transition Alliance3 December 2018 at 10:15AM - 3 December 2018 at 12:00PM
The launch of the Rapid Transition Alliance coincides with the start of the 2018 international climate negotiations (COP24). As well as introducing the...
Report
Climate & Rapid Behaviour Change. What do we know so far?“We’ve shown in the past that surprising changes are possible in how people behave, in smoking, driving, antibiotics, and sexual health. We now know...
Story of change
Off-grid solar power lighting up rural KenyaThis rapid transition has seen the booming of a private market since the early 1980s – with hundreds of thousands of Solar Home Systems (SHS) installed...
Story of change
The Rise of Brazil’s Sugarcane CarsBrazil today is home to the world’s largest fleet of cars that use ethanol derived from sugarcane as an alternative fuel to fossil fuel based petroleum....
Story of change
Buen Vivir: The Rights of Nature in Bolivia and EcuadorIn the Andean countries of Ecuador and Bolivia, indigenous worldviews that prioritise harmony with nature over economic development have been enshrined in...
Story of change
How China brought its forests back to life in a decadeOver recent decades most countries around the world have been cutting down their trees at alarming rates. Since the 1990s, however, China has bucked this...
Story of change
The Rise and Rise of Green BondsIn 2013, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) packaged and issued a new financial instrument – a so called “green bond” – which was identical...
Story of change
Reclaiming the streets: the increasing trend of pedestrianisation around the worldAs urban dwellers and city administrations become increasingly conscious of the corrosive effects cars and air pollution have on our lives and lungs, cities...
