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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe dirty side of development financeThis week, all the public development banks in the world are gathering to make post-Covid plans. But guess who...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe gas trap: how Europe is investing €100bn in fossil fuel infrastructureContrary to the goals of European Green Deal, such investments risk gas lock-in or ending up as stranded assets.
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Published in: HomeBurning injustice: why the California wildfires are a class crisisThe rich paid for protection while the poor burned – is the world facing a similar fate?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionFormerly colonized people can’t breathe. And the IMF and World Bank are to blameIt’s time for a #FeministBailout based not on profit-maximization but care, respect for eco-systems, and solidarity.
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Published in: ourEconomyHow the agricultural lobby is sabotaging Europe’s Green DealIt has already succeeded in keeping binding pesticide reduction goals at bay.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWe are doomed if, in the post-Covid-19 world, we cannot abandon non-essentialsInstead of growth and profit-seeking, a new economy needs concepts from Gandhi, Marx, the Zapatistas and the Kurdish...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe survival of the Amazon is at stakeAdvised by policymakers, CEOs, cultural icons and elected Indigenous leaders, research panel led by Carlos Nobre,...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow the fossil fuel lobby is hijacking the European Green DealIn it's first 100 days, how many times did top officials in charge of the EU's Green Deal meet with lobbyists?
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhy don’t we take climate change seriously? Racism is the answerIf climate change directly affected white Westerners, action would have come quicker.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe post-pandemic future will be green or there won’t be a futureThe world has changed with Covid-19. We should seize the opportunity. As much as we dream of returning to a lost...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEurope's new recovery plan mustn't ditch its Green New DealThe European Investment Bank needs deep reform so that it can support a just transition.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe future according to Shell: 'net zero' through fossil fuel expansionIf you follow the money rather than the rhetoric, it’s clear that Shell intends to profit from oil and gas...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe case for degrowth in a time of pandemicThe time is ripe for us to refocus on what really matters: not GDP, but the health and wellbeing of our people and...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow Africa is leading the way to a zero waste futureFrom Egypt to Tanzania, public waste management schemes are offering green alternatives to privatisation.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionPandenomics: a story of life versus growthThe clash between business-as-usual economics and the pandemic shows what we really need from our economy.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCan the coronavirus save the planet?The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionClimate activism for the new decadeThe fight against global warming has entered a new phase. What strategies will help us halt catastrophe?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow climate policy stops at the borderThe Port of Rotterdam boasts of its green credentials in the Netherlands but invests in fossil fuel mega projects abroad.
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Published in: ourEconomyFinance for renewable energy in Africa follows colonial rootsInvestments into renewable energy in Africa are critical. But they need to take local ownership and participation seriously.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionSystem change, not climate change! What 'The Good Place' can teach us about climate actionIt’s pointless to blame Extinction Rebellion activists for eating McDonalds. Like in the TV show The Good Place,...
