18 June 2024 - Despite the fact that the mission of the Conference of the Parties’ (COP) is to prevent dangerous climate change and keep global warming below 2°C, there is a stark and unacceptable gap between what COP needs to achieve and the inertia it reinforces...
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The system within
29 May 2024 - Lack of attention to the psychological and cultural dimension of systems is widespread – but inner factors are fundamental to global crises and the approaches we require. A new deep dive paper complementing Earth for All begins to redress the balance. 50...
To solve the climate crisis, we need to live in a less material world
10 May 2024 - Global material use has more than tripled since 1970 - from 30 billion tons to 106 billion tons a year. And it is taking a heavy toll on our planet. The extraction and processing of fossil fuels, metals and minerals, food production and forestry...
Climate security risks and Australia’s failure
03 May 2024 - “Too hot to handle: The scorching reality of Australia’s climate–security failure” is a report published by the Australian Security Leaders Group (ASLCG). This article is an extract from the report. One line of evidence for the Australian Government’s...
Earth Day a reminder of our shared obligation
22 April 2024 - April 22 is Earth Day and people all around the world will be celebrating the bounties that earth provides for all life. This is a good time to consider what does living "a green life" mean to us? How can we live green from a holistic systems...
We must reject ego-nomics to prevent human extinction
18 April 2024 - To secure the wellbeing of all of Earth’s people and the many other members of Earth’s household, we will need a new economics, an “eco-nomics” that guides us on a path to a life-centric civilisation. Our modern lives are largely determined by economic...
Democracy demands the EU approves the Nature Restoration Law
17 April 2024 - The EU Council, under the leadership of Belgium as current holder of the EU presidency, has “paused” the approval of the Nature Restoration Law, a decision that runs contrary to democratic norms, science and good business practice. The law is already...
10-point plan for IMF and World Bank to end Africa’s debt crisis
12 April 2024 - Africa’s debt crisis risks spiralling out of control unless urgent action is taken by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. This is the stark message of an open letter from over 40 leading economists and systems thinkers in advance of the...
The case for a wellbeing economy
03 April 2024 - In an era of polycrisis, economic transformation should be top of the political agenda. Empirical evidence show the need for a fundamental rethink of the economy. Despite the promises of economic growth, for too many around the world, work does not...
Time to end impunity for petroactors
29 March 2024 - On March 18, oil and gas CEOs at the annual CERA week conference in Texas announced that the clean-energy transition is failing and that the world should ‘abandon the fantasy’ of a fossil-fuel phaseout. Two days later, the world-renowned Carbon Tracker...