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 Andrew Simms | Mar 19, 2020 | Resilient response, Step Change
Writing for the New Weather Institute Lindsay Mackie and Green New Deal Group member Andrew Simms explore how crises reveal fundamental flaws in underlying political and economic models and call for a new approach: It looks like it’s going to be a national emergency,...
by Richard Murphy | Mar 18, 2020 | Step Change
Writing for his Tax Research blog, Green New Deal member Richard Murphy sets out a plan for the economic crisis triggered by coronavirus: It is possible for the UK to survive the economic crisis caused by coronavirus. However, that requires a plan and right now the...
by Colin Hines | Mar 13, 2020 | General, Step Change
Writing for Brave New Europe, Green New Deal Group member Colin Hines makes the case for medium term efforts to tackle coronavirus to act as a ‘green bridge’ for tackling climate change. One thing rarely mentioned in the wall to wall coverage of the...
