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With the base rate in the eurozone still at 0%, funds are flowing back to the US using a myriad of financial instrumentsWhile governments around the world contemplate the fallout from Donald Trump’s trade war with China,...

Advances in clean energy expected to cause a sudden drop in demand for fossil fuels, leaving companies with trillions in stranded assets

A possible future that climatologists treat as the worst of the worst, because it would produce huge greenhouse gas emissions, might lead to even more emissions than believed

As countries get richer, they start replanting their forests – but this is not a big environmental gain because they “export” the deforestation to poor countries

Tourism is being blamed for 8 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and it emits more every year – making it harder to stop dangerous climate change

The Finnish government is planning to conclude its much-touted universal basic income experiment at the end of a two-year study period instead of extending it...

Labour’s vision to reshape the world order will require political will to end tax evasion and create a fairer global economy

If we are to reduce our consumption levels, says Linda Marriott, we must walk the walk, not just talk the talkBravo, Mark Boyle – your world sounds very beguiling to an oldie like me (I left a troubled world behind...

A Texas couple have opened a new restaurant that offers a pay-what-you-can model. Taste Community Restaurant targets middle class people struggling to get by who still deserve excellent food at a price they can afford. "Specifically,"...

The latest article in our new economics series looks at what happened when a German utilities contract expired, and one man thought his neighbours could take over

Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to Iris Degenhardt-Meister, who is part of a cooperative energy company that runs the electricity grid in Wolfhagen, Germany, and asks Prof Andrew Cumbers from the University of Glasgow if such...

The latest article in our new economics series looks at what happened when a German utilities contract expired, and one man thought his neighbours could take over

Amit Hooda hopes to eliminate conflict with sustainable honey harvesting. He started Heavenly Organics, a company selling honey with the goal of providing ethical jobs, to foster peace. The company supports almost 600 family...

Stockton, a city of 300,000 located in California's Central Valley, will soon become the first city in the United States to launch a universal basic income experiment...

Trump’s decision to impose a 30% tariff will cost the US around 23,000 jobs and risks slowing the growth of clean energy, advocates warn