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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...
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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...
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Heating households not the planet: from China to Denmark rapid transition in heating brings warmer homes with less climate costWinter is coming in the northern hemisphere and keeping homes warm is on everyone’s minds. Much housing stock is old, inefficient and leaks heat, and the...
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Growing our way out of crisis: how to dig for victoryThe scandal of food waste is generating headlines and highlights a broken relationship with what we eat. But interest in growing our own is increasing,...
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Giving rivers rights: a rapid solution to pollution?In March 2023, councillors in the picturesque town of Lewes in the south east of England successfully passed a motion that recognises the legal rights of...
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From passive consumers to active producers – how crisis restrictions open opportunities for creative culture shiftsAs the global pandemic continues to reshape whole economies and the lives of populations, normal consumer behaviour has been suddenly altered. The focus has...
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From financial exclusion to financial revolution: the story of mobile moneyUpdate Since publishing this story of change, we have seen an interesting critique of the original paper that underpins much of the narrative, ‘The...
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Faith in rapid transition: how calls for rapid climate action are rising from the major world religionsAll around the world, the fossil fuel industry is finding itself the target of faith based groups, most recently in their support for the growing call for a...
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Educating girls is more effective in the climate emergency than many green technologiesHydrogen powered superyachts and donations from billionaires often grab headlines in the fight against climate change. Whilst more simple and potentially...
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Doing development differently: How Kenya is rapidly emerging as Africa’s renewable energy superpowerWhen William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president in September 2022, he used his inauguration speech to demand an end to humanity’s “addiction...