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The Fable of the Bulbs: Why North Sea Oil Extraction is Necessary
BY JAMES BEAMISH In 1714, the Dutch moral philosopher Bernard Mandeville published one of the most infamous texts of the eighteenth...
Brazil and its new Amazon dream
BY LUCIA LANGDALE When Brazilian President Lula Da Silva was elected in January of this year, it was on the promise of what was dubbed a...
From the frying pan into the fire: Covid-19 and forest fires ravage the Americas
Last year, São Paulo went dark after being covered by smoke from huge fires in the Amazon rainforest. Now, the fires are raging once...
Fighting a losing battle? Small nations and climate change
The small Pacific island of Palau has been the first country to ban the sale and use of suncream. This is just one of the several...
Climate change and child brides
The effects of global warming are now being discussed more than ever. The 2018 UN Climate Change Conference and emergence of prominent...
The fight against fast fashion
With the fashion industry generating a greater impact on the global climate than all international airline flights and maritime shipping...
Politicians facing climate change – incompetent or corrupt?
Considering that 71% of Britons consider the climate emergency a more pressing issue than Brexit, it would be expected that politicians...
Extinction Rebellion: how effective and inclusive is the movement?
The Extinction Rebellion (XR) protest at Canning Town Station on the 17th October has pushed the discussion around the group’s tactics...
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