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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazilian Government dismissal of climate change has an impact in us all
In Brazil, government speeches that dismiss climate change and the value of nature impact not only public policies...
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Published in: HomeClimate emergency: the democracy fork
Reinvigorating democracy has to be as urgent a demand as cutting emissions. The latter can only be sustained insofar...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionBritain’s Moment of Truth
A trio of interconnected crises have brought Britain to the brink of radical change. The consequences will be felt...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCOP25: What are Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia doing?
On the 2nd of December, the UN Climate Change Summit, COP25, began in Madrid. #TimeToAct is the hashtag of the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionTime to change aid to give people sovereignty over their food
The world has more than enough food, but current UK aid policy helps concentrate power over it in corporate hands.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionPutting the ‘public’ back into public services
Amsterdam is one city among many where economic democracy on a municipal level is taking off.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThreat to our digital rights revealed in US-UK trade talks leak
Leaked records of US-UK trade negotiations suggest the US is targeting our digital rights – and the UK seems...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIt's time the UK paid its fair share for international decarbonisation
The UK’s unique contribution to environmental breakdown means we must take responsibility for tackling the crisis...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionClimate breakdown is deeply political. But you wouldn't know it from Channel 4’s climate debate
By focusing on superficial tropes about the environment, it’s hard to see how the debate will have helped undecided...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionBy claiming to be 'beyond politics', Extinction Rebellion is undermining its own cause
Transcending the tribalism of party politics is a laudable aim. But during the most important election of a...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionDevelopment: a failed project
It’s time to abandon development and think about postdevelopment instead.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionXR UK: Telling the truth through targeted disruption
XR should focus its pressure on disrupting the government, and on polluting companies and the banks that fund them.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJair Bolsonaro accused of inciting genocide before the International Criminal Court
A complaint against President Jair Messias Bolsonaro has been presented in the International Criminal Court for...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWhat cost the Earth?
Calculating the exact cost of decarbonisation is impossible. But one thing is clear: the price of inaction is far higher.
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow to force the Tories’ hand on climate action
Most opposition parties recognise how serious climate breakdown is. The Tories’ record shows they don’t. The others...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionLeaked US trade talks show how Trump is dictating Johnson’s approach to a hard Brexit
Far from taking back control, Britain has clearly entered into a relationship where we hold none of the cards.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationExplosive UK/US trade deal leaks - how Corbyn succeeded where I had given up
We can now see the pressure the US is putting on the UK to put "everything" - including the NHS - on the table in...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionBeyond NAFTA 2.0: toward a progressive trade agenda for people and planet
Progressive politicians need to not just react to the neoliberal trade agenda and its right-wing disruptors, but...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaExtractivism and resistance in North Africa
Should we see protests, uprisings and movements against extractivism as mainly environmental, or are these...
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Published in: ourEconomyMaking sense of Bolivia’s discontent
To understand events in Bolivia, we need to unpack its many contradictions over the past decade. But make no...