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As COP21 enters final week, civil society escalates message
Last week, the sterile hallways at COP21 rang with the chants ‘1.5 to stay alive!' Morgan Curtis reports from Paris as climate talks enter their final week.
Building resilience to climate change in rural Malawi
Malawian environmental journalist Charles Mkoka reports on how communities are already adapting to the ever-changing climate around them.
Is Saudi Arabia the big bad wolf of the Paris climate talks?
The oil producing giant blocked efforts in Paris to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, Kyla Mandel and Brendan Montague report.
End War(Ming): we need system change, not climate change
Following the British parliamentary vote to bomb Syria, Iraq War veteran and peace activist Shawna Foster explains how these kinds of military interventions are linked to fossil fuels and climate change.
Standing on the shoulders of 18-year-olds
It’s conscious and active young people who will be holding our governments to account, Rachel Lees writes.
The youth movement strikes back
A new global youth action network – the Climate Strike – was born in Paris this week. Marienna Pope-Weidemann and Samir Dathi were there to hear their plans.
Women on the frontlines of climate change at COP21 and beyond
Women are rising up across the globe to say, ‘we are not just victims, we are the solution!’, writes Osprey Orielle Lake.
Cry me a river
A poetic and heartfelt plea to restore a wounded planet. By Suprabha Seshan.
Myth 10: Growth is the only way
Dinyar Godrej explains why we need to find another way, fast.
Myth 9: Everyone has to pay their debts
We need debt management not reduction, says Dinyar Godrej.
Myth 8: Organized labour is regressive
David Ransom argues that the opposite is actually true.
Myth 7: Financial regulation will destroy a profitable banking sector
Why should financial markets be accountable only to themselves? asks David Ransom.
Myth 6: Fossil fuels are more economically viable than renewables
Not if you look at the environmental costs, says Dinyar Godrej.
Myth 5: The private sector is more efficient than the public sector
There is no evidence of greater efficiency, explains Dinyar Godrej.
Myth 4: Economic migrants are a drain on rich world economies
Migration follows a demand for labour - and benefits the receiving country, writes Dinyar Godrej.
Myth 3: Taxing the rich scares off investors and stalls economic performance
Taxation creates prosperity just as much as private enterprise, says David Ransom.
Myth 2: Deficit reduction is the only way out of a slump
Don't rely on those who caused the crash to resolve it, argues David Ransom.
Myth 1: Austerity will lead to 'jobs and growth'
It's wrong to sell austerity as a cure for economic woes, says Dinyar Godrej.
10 economic myths we need to junk
Dinyar Godrej and David Ransom introduce this month's main theme.
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