by Colin Hines | Jan 14, 2021 | General
Writing for the Green Alliance blog, Green New Deal Group member Colin Hines makes the case for a green recovery, and a new way to fund it: Last year was certainly the ultimate grim “Events dear boy, events” year. On the brighter side, despite Covid having drained...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 7, 2021 | General, Media, Other coverage, The Green New Deal
Each year the Financial Times investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of economic analysts. Green New Deal Group member, and New Weather Institute co-founder Andrew Simms, shared his thoughts on prospects for the year to come....
by GND Admin | Dec 22, 2020 | General
The Guardian’s editorial makes the case for a transformative Green New Deal: In the early days of the pandemic, many people urged that societies could not and should not return to business as usual afterwards. Coronavirus not only confronted us with...
by Andrew Simms | Dec 1, 2020 | General, Resilient response, Resources
Flying to attend a conference might swiftly be replaced by holding an event online. Many people have started to grow their own vegetables at homes, allotments and community gardens. Reactions to the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in China have led to emissions...
by Andrew Simms | Sep 21, 2020 | General, Resilient response, Resources
During lockdown many people have adapted to create new, different, ways of living that turned out to be less wasteful, more thoughtful and kinder on our environment. And, given that ecological decline creates conditions for pandemics, how especially in relatively...
by Andrew Simms | Sep 15, 2020 | General, Resilient response, Step Change
Responses to the coronavirus pandemic showed that we can quickly make more space for people and nature in our towns and cities. This briefing on lessons from lockdown by Green New Deal group member, and Rapid Transition Alliance co-ordinator Andrew Simms looks at how...
by Andrew Simms | Sep 8, 2020 | General, Resilient response, Resources, Step Change
The first of the Rapid Transition Alliance’s ‘Lessons from Lockdown’ series, explores what we can learn from the first national lockdown about the way in which we can look after one another better. The way in which individuals, organisations and...
by Richard Murphy | Aug 24, 2020 | Other coverage, Resilient response, The Green New Deal
Your editorial (19 August) correctly points to the fact that the “money no problem” approach to tackling the short-term upheavals caused by coronavirus must now shift to tackling the climate crisis. If not, it risks the further alienation of young climate...
by Ann Pettifor | Jul 20, 2020 | General, Resources, The Green New Deal
Writing for the Guardian, Green New Deal group member Ann Pettifor suggests books that offer hope for the future and the Green New Deal: Everyday life has been upended by the pandemic, but the Arctic heatwave is a reminder that the climate crisis still poses an urgent...
by Andrew Simms | Jun 30, 2020 | General, Resilient response, Resources
What can be learned from the coronavirus pandemic for the challenge of rapid transition in the face of the climate emergency and how can we build fairer, more equal societies? For several months the Rapid Transition Alliance, co-founded by Green New Deal Group member...
