A future with net zero greenhouse gases is technically and economically possible, with a stronger economy, a more resilient society, and higher levels of wellbeing, according to a new report.
Moving away from fossil fuels will require transforming our technological, social, and economic systems, rather than focussing on individual consumption.
The banks' support for fossil fuel extraction and climate breakdown could instigate the next crash with unprecedented costs for innocent people ten years on from the 2008 financial crisis.
Rising oil prices correlate to higher compensation for chief executives, yet their pay cheques don't go down when prices fall, research shows. LUCAS DAVIS and CATHERINE HAUSMAN report
There is a crisis in affordable and efficient homes. We need to develop a model which ensures fair access, minimum impact, and long-term financial and environmental security. BRUCE DAVIS reports
Thatcherism was the implementation of neoliberalism - the school of free market economics led by Friedrich von Hayek. This school claimed economics was a science that should direct society and social policy. But, strangely, Hayek felt science itself should be avoided - as it led to socialism. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
Hayek achieved his dream of becoming a university academic - but could he really challenge the intellectual prowess and political influence of the master John Maynard Keynes? BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
The political leadership in China has vowed to make the ancient country the world's first ‘ecological civilisation’. But how sincere is this grand ambition? JAMES P GRAHAM travelled to a conference at the Fujian Province University of Forestry and Agriculture to find out
