inequality, Tag

Report claims Rishi Sunak has unique opportunity to invest in zero-carbon infrastructure

The Green party MEP for the south-west on why social justice is key to making the transition to a carbon-neutral economy by 2050

New studies by the United Nations and Stanford University show that the extreme weather and hotter temperatures associated with climate change are — not surprisingly — making the poor poorer and the rich richer...

Ex-US vice-president says only big solutions can offset impact of systemic shifts and avert disaster

Business as usual is causing environmental destruction and spiralling inequality. Our bill is a radical plan to address both

Business as usual is causing environmental destruction and spiralling inequality. Our bill is a radical plan to address both

What can’t you show with models?~ctm From EurekAlert! University of Bern Tropical deforestation is a major contributor to climate change and loss of local and global ecosystem functions...

Trump in power; the farce of Brexit; dire warnings of power shortages – welcome to dystopia now

82 percent of the wealth created in 2017 "went to the richest one percent" of the world's people, according to Oxfam. In their recent report entitled Reward Work, Not Wealth, the non-profit organization reveals a worsening...

82 percent of the wealth created in 2017 "went to the richest one percent" of the world's people, according to Oxfam. In their recent report entitled Reward Work, Not Wealth, published just as world leaders are preparing...

Australian Council of Social Service and Brotherhood of St Laurence warn of two-tiered energy system that favours the rich

The Conservative manifesto pledges to create ‘Future Britain’ wealth funds, and a shale gas fund is under discussion at the Treasury. Is the UK finally waking up to the opportunity such schemes offer for tackling inequality?

"How, in a world that is so desperately short of resources, can we ensure that there is enough land, food and water for future generations?" This is one of the questions under discussion in the second edition of the Syngenta...

Increasingly, I think social limits to growth are occurring before strict resource limits will ever be realized (though the beginning of the latter had an influence on the former)...

Today on Global Public Media's "The Reality Report", Jason's guest will be University of Vermont Professor Jon Erickson who will discuss the global credit crisis in the context of the resource course and rising inequality...