Polluting Companies Likely To Lose Half Their Value Due To Climate Change
A UN-backed investor network report has warned that policies to tackle the climate crisis will result in ‘dramatic changes’ to the value of companies by 2025, with the biggest polluters hardest hit and the greenest companies boosted. According to the forecast
WWF Study Illustrates Dire Need for Action Against Nature Loss
A recent study from WWF estimates the economic cost of nature's decline over the next 30 years, revealing the countries whose economies would suffer the most if urgent action is not taken to address the global environmental crisis. Using cutting-edge economic
Surviving Climate Change: Can Democracy Save Us?
Could democracy save us from climate change? Liberal Democracy doesn't appear to be able to address climate change or the underlying economic system that’s causing it. When things are good, Democracy works just fine and there’s plenty of time to explore
Surviving Climate Change: The Questions Regarding Change
As we welcome a new decade it’s time to recognize that “we the people” will need to be the ones to solve the climate crisis. The Big Question Regarding Change is How? How can hundreds of millions of people unite and build
Surviving Climate Change: A Battle for Power and Control
According to The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report, released late last year, our planet is headed toward catastrophic warming of 3.2 C in less than 100 years. It's a massive climate change. And while no one knows
Surviving Climate Change: Should We Place Our Hope in Governments?
Editor's note: In the second part of the article "Surviving Climate Change: Where Should We Place Our Hope?" the author analyzes whether we should place our hope in Governments. Should We Place Our Hope in Governments? I know there are many people
How B Corps in the UK Are Addressing the Climate Emergency
UK B Corps Address the Climate Emergency - Law Firm Bates Wells Joins in the Collective Effort to Act Now When Angela Monaghan, Bates Wells operations manager, attended B Inspired London, she was struck by Patrick Pichette’s words on empowering those around us by
Surviving Climate Change: Where Should We Place Our Hope?
With the level of knowledge that humans have amassed, there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to address this challenge BUT we're are complicated creatures
A National Park For The West Midlands
With the youngest, fastest-growing, most diverse population in the UK, the imminent arrival of HS2 and the hosting of City of Culture 2021 and the Commonwealth Games, the West Midlands has a unique opportunity to re-discover a vast, hidden landscape
Capitalizing on a Crisis: Oxygen for Sale in New Delhi
Air pollution as a business opportunity, clean oxygen as the product. In the midst of the New Delhi air pollution crisis, a bar by the name of Oxy Pure has found a way to turn a profit. Customers pay 500
How the Climate Crisis is Aggravating Human Conflict
Current debate around the climate crisis tends to focus on the weather-related effects, such as rising sea-levels, flooding and droughts, as well as the direct impact on human lives, like famines, forced migration and geopolitical shifts. Less has been said
How Urban Green Spaces are Impacting on China’s Environmental and Public Health
For the nearly 850 million citizens who live in Chinese cities, physical and mental health issues are the lived reality as a result of the country’s rampant industrialisation. Environmental degradation is nearing a tipping point, but new urban greening measures