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Jakub Fegyveres
Nov 145 min read
Flawed, yet Crucial: Can COP29 overcome its predecessors’ failures?
Jakub Fegyveres The 29th iteration of the annual Conference of Parties (COP), is taking place over two weeks, beginning on the 11th of...
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Stathis Poulantzas
Feb 195 min read
The Verdict of Dubai: Reflecting on COP28's Outcomes for Global Climate Action
By Stathis Poulantzas This article attempts to critically assess the 2023 COP28 Summit in Dubai, over a month after its conclusion, by...
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Ethan Wilson
Nov 23, 20234 min read
'White Gold': The Geopolitics of Lithium in Africa
By Ethan Wilson Villa Lithium is poised to be an essential component of the green transition. Often referred to as ‘white gold’, lithium...
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Stathis Poulantzas
Nov 17, 20234 min read
War's Environmental Footprint: the Israel-Hamas Conflict and Pathways to Sustainability
By Stathis Poulantzas On 7 October this year, Israel suffered from a surprise assault by Gaza, resulting in around 1,200 deaths and...
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Ethan Wilson
Oct 19, 20234 min read
The Inflation Reduction Act: Balancing Economy and Environment
By Ethan Wilson The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is an ambitious and divisive law conceived to push the USA towards its climate...
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Mehru Nisa Shahid
Oct 15, 20233 min read
Not in Isolation: Exploring the Intersection between Climate Change and Education
By Mehru Nisa Shahid Climate change is often given significant attention in conversations and tends to be treated as an isolated issue,...
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Stathis Poulantzas
Oct 10, 20234 min read
Navigating Through Ruin: Evaluating Greece’s Response and Oversight amidst devastation in Thessaly
By Stathis Poulantzas Positioned in Central Greece, Thessaly, encompassing approximately 14,000 square kilometres, is an agricultural...
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Evie Taylor
Mar 17, 20236 min read
Editorial: Gen-Z is turning Climate Anxiety into Climate Action
By Evie Taylor The start of the 2020s provided an opportunity for newly invigorated efforts to combat the climate crisis. The 2015 Paris...
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Ananya Sreekumar
Feb 21, 20234 min read
Not built to withstand: Could Turkey have prevented the scale of disaster?
In the early hours of Monday, 6th February, two earthquakes of magnitude(s) 7.8 and 7.5 took the lives of over 44,000 people (as of...
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Evie Taylor
Jan 10, 20234 min read
Investigating the Silencing of Climate Activists
As climate inaction from political leaders around the world persists, the onus has fallen upon climate-conscious members of the general...
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Warwick Think Tank
Dec 14, 20226 min read
Editorial: Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Fast Fashion Fuels the Climate Crisis in the Global South
It is no secret that the fast fashion industry is rooted in the exploitation of the Global South, in order to satisfy the material greed...
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Evie Taylor
Nov 22, 20224 min read
COP27: Real progress or performative action?
Widely lauded as the most significant opportunity for global collaboration to tackle the climate crisis, the COP Climate Summit is an...
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Akaesha Kohli
Nov 17, 20223 min read
Reinvention of Technology Amidst a Crisis
Tech companies have, in the recent past, come out to show support for tackling the dooming climate crisis. For example, shortly before...
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Finlay Healy
Nov 15, 20224 min read
Private Finance holding us to Ransom: rapid decarbonisation is impeded by a policy of appeasement
Economics tells a lot of stories to make it seem inevitable the things it tells us to do. When it comes to climate action, the orthodox...
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Evie Taylor
Oct 25, 20225 min read
Truss: Leadership Without Long-term Vision is Destined to Fail
Liz Truss took just 45 days to prove that a leader without long-term answers is a leader unfit for office. Whilst her disastrous...
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Jhanvi Mehta
Oct 19, 20214 min read
US Climate Backsliding: Self-Sabotage For Its Role As Global Green Leader?
Joe Biden’s climate agenda will be put to the test as a critical UN climate change conference draws near. The US is lagging behind in its...
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Shravan Gopal
Feb 23, 20214 min read
Is the Pandemic Making the Oil Industry Greener?
The oil industry had a crisis year in 2020. Royal Dutch Shell posted a loss of $21.7bn last year and the US giant Exxon Mobil suffered a...
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Levi Cursham
Dec 15, 20204 min read
Britain’s Electric Car Revolution, Is It Even Worth It?
In November 2020, the UK brought forward its ban on petrol and diesel cars from 2040 to 2030, with some hybrids being allowed into 2035....
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Catriona Heyworth
Oct 13, 20203 min read
The ‘Green Recovery’ and What We’re All Missing
‘Coronavirus has provided a stark reminder of what happens when humanity’s relationship with nature breaks down.’ - Justin Addison,...
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