Economics

Parliamentarians and NGOs across Europe have signed joint statements calling for public development banks to respect human rights and stop funding fossil fuels.

We need a new economy that supports humans as part of nature rather than profits and investments.

A transformative Covid recovery must depart from the narratives of green capitalism and safe globalisation.

Welsh Manifesto for the Future calls for shorter working week and basic income to help people and planet thrive.

New book Trade Secrets is based on a thorough analysis of leaked papers from three years of secretive trade talks, as well as multiple other official documents and sources.

Strong and consistent carbon price has public support and can help UK government fund green recovery, new report finds.

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?

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

How we recover from the economic shock caused from the tragedy of Covid-19 will be pivotal in the fight against climate change.

The crisis triggered by Covid-19 has exposed many weaknesses of the growth-obsessed capitalist economy.

Can we initiate a global green recovery, embedding economics within sound ecological parameters?

The economic impact of Covid-19 should be repaired in line with the net zero emissions target of 2050.

Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz (pictured) and climate economist Lord Stern argue we need a climate saving exit from the coronavirus pandemic.

Day of action calls on governments to cancel debt payments extracted from lower-income countries now hit by coronavirus.

Covid-19 exposes the inherent fragility of our globally interconnected economic systems and the inequalities that they perpetuate.

New critical guide to degrowth argues that we can improve people’s lives simply by sharing what we already have more fairly and investing in public goods.

Ann Pettifor, Molly Scott Cato, Kelvin Clayton and Larry Elliott to discuss Green New Deal at Extinction Rebellion event in Bridport.

How will the covid-19 outbreak effect the world economy?

Genuine climate justice means thinking big when it comes to economic inequality. A 'carbon fee and dividend' would reduce emissions and poverty.

Why are coal-fired power stations continuing to buy coal in excess of their projected life span?

Going digital is not as green as it might seem.

'The pursuit of profit has taken priority over people, over the environment, over everything.'

Challenging individual consumerism must occur in synchrony with critiquing broader capitalist systems.