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‘We march now so we won’t have to swim later’Many have wondered when the scale of public protest will match the scale of the climate crisis. That question increasingly is being answered by the sudden...
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‘We march now so we won’t have to swim later’Many have wondered when the scale of public protest will match the scale of the climate crisis. That question increasingly is being answered by the sudden...
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‘Moment of truth’ to act on climate says UN’s GuterresUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned today that the planet is waging a “suicidal” war on the natural world. We are facing a ‘moment of...
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A civic plan for a climate emergency; building the 1.5 degree, socially-just cityLeeds City Council became the latest local government body to pass a resolution declaring a climate emergency on Wednesday, 27th March. It becomes part of a...
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Can design catalyse transition? Thinkers and practitioners from a range of disciplines explore possibilities of rapid transitionIn the first of an occasional series on what members of the Alliance are doing in the field of rapid transition, we hear from Ruth Potts of Schumacher...
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Coronavirus: we’re in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban futureA pause has been forced on urban life. Quiet roads, empty skies, deserted high streets and parks, closed cinemas, cafés and museums – a break in the...
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COVID-19 – social distancing reminds us to connect‘On days when the sky is grey, the sun has not disappeared forever.’ – Arnaud Desjardin The COVID-19 outbreak has put the UK, and indeed many parts...
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Covid-19 and the entelechy of rapid transitionLast year governments around the world declared a ‘climate emergency’ and then did pretty much nothing to act as if it is one. Now here’s Covid-19,...
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Economic prospects for 2021: the FT surveyEach year the Financial Times newspaper investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of economic analysts. Andrew Simms from Rapid...
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Exit apocalypse – New Internationalist magazine explores how to avoid climate breakdownMy nine-year-old son, Laurie, looked up at me from the sofa the other day. ‘I know!’ he said, apropos of nothing. ‘What if we found something to put...