Economics and policy

Learn from Covid-19 pandemic to prevent environmental catastrophe, scientists argue.

🌳 The heady, carefree days of Timber 2019 seem a world away now. But has the lockdown thrown into relief many things some of us have been feeling for a long time?

Investing in a green recovery could create 1.6 million new jobs after Covid crisis, report finds.

GDP does not distinguish between economic activity that adds to social and environmental well-being and economic activity that destroys it.

A total of 73 percent think that the time is now to call on the government to invest in a healthier, fairer, green society, post Covid-19.

Heads of Environment Agency, Natural England, Forestry Commission call for greater government investment in green measures to reboot the economy.

How can we reduce consumption as much as necessary in a socially-sustainable way, while still safeguarding human needs and social security?

Shoppers in the UK absolutely don't want US products with lower health and animal welfare standards, even if they are labelled.

The newly formed Cultural Renewal Taskforce must embed environmental practice at the heart of its strategy.

Wildlife and Countryside Link coalition of green organisations advances list of 330 'shovel ready' projects to support coronavirus recovery.

WWF warns destruction of natural habitats and intensive farming create perfect conditions for another pandemic to emerge.

'Governments need a way to promote a sustainable, equitable transition while reducing the overall debt burden.'

The recycling industry has been struggling for years, and the coronavirus crisis has underscored its weaknesses.

The environmental campaigner and journalist argues we need to abandon capitalism as we recover from coronavirus and establish a new economy of private sufficiency and public luxury.

How should nation states respond to coronavirus and mitigate the crisis of capital?