Powerful vested interests have everything to lose if carbon emissions are taxed Carbon emissions are the greatest market failure of all time. They’re a ‘failure’ because polluters like oil companies profit…
The GDP undermines efforts to move towards a sustainable society The Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989 led to 37,000 tonnes of oil spilling into the ocean off the coast of Alaska.…
The climate crisis will create conditions that are ripe for social breakdown and revolutions Revolutions are tumultuous, chaotic, unpredictable affairs that lead to massive social transformations. They trigger ideological earthquakes that…
The collapse of Easter Islands' civilisation gives a hint of what may be in store for us As the twenty-first century progresses, the climate crisis is going to lead to increasingly hostile…
Increasing greenhouse gas emissions are intertwined with economic growth The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), was established in 1994 with the goal of preventing “dangerous” human interference with the…
Our conception of sustainability is defined by a reality that is unsustainable by design Imagine a man whose been brought up in a cave his entire life. At the top of the…