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In first local referendum of its kind, district council proposes being carbon-neutral by 2025 A local authority is asking its residents to back an unprecedented 34% increase in its share of council tax bills – equivalent to £52 for a typical household – to fund a radical climate emergency action plan, in what is set

Radical Uncertainty, coauthored by myself and Mervyn King, has been published! Order it on Amazon, or pick it up at any good bookshop! The post Radical Uncertainty Released appeared first on John Kay.

Climate crisis likely to have supercharged temperatures around world, data suggests This winter has been by far the hottest recorded in Europe, scientists have announced, with the climate crisis likely to have supercharged the heat. The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) data dates back to 1855. It said the average temperature for December, January

Engineers to install fastest home car-charger available in exclusive one-stop package British Gas has teamed up with Volkswagen to accelerate the rollout of its electric vehicles (EV) across UK roads by helping drivers to charge up at home at a lower price. The UK’s biggest energy company has agreed a three-year deal with the carmaker

Unsustainable fishing can be surprisingly persistent despite devastating social, economic, and ecological consequences. Sustainability science literature suggests that the persistence of unsustainable fisheries can be understood as a social-ecological trap. Few studies have explicitly acknowledged the role of historical legacies for the development of social-ecological traps. Here, we investigate why fishers sometimes end up in

Frans Timmermans calls for bloc to legislate so it does not lose track of net zero target Tensions at the Greek-Turkish border and the coronavirus show why the European Union needs a climate law that binds member states to net zero emissions by 2050, the EU’s top official on climate action has said. Frans Timmermans,

Publication date: June 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 172 Author(s): Pablo Piñero, David Pérez-Neira, Juan Infante-Amate, María L. Chas-Amil, Xoán R. Doldán-García