What does Donald Trump’s Recent Election Win Mean for Global Climate Change Policy?
Millie Gould It is no secret that Donald Trump has some controversial and downright conspiratorial views on climate change, with him even...
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Millie Gould
3 days ago
What does Donald Trump’s Recent Election Win Mean for Global Climate Change Policy?
Millie Gould It is no secret that Donald Trump has some controversial and downright conspiratorial views on climate change, with him even...
Jakub Fegyveres
Nov 14
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...
Stathis Poulantzas
Feb 19
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...
Ethan Wilson
Nov 23, 2023
'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...
Stathis Poulantzas
Nov 17, 2023
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...
Ethan Wilson
Oct 19, 2023
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...
Mehru Nisa Shahid
Oct 15, 2023
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,...
Stathis Poulantzas
Oct 10, 2023
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...
Evie Taylor
Mar 17, 2023
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...
Ananya Sreekumar
Feb 21, 2023
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...
Evie Taylor
Jan 10, 2023
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...
Warwick Think Tank
Dec 14, 2022
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...
Evie Taylor
Nov 22, 2022
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...
Akaesha Kohli
Nov 17, 2022
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...
Finlay Healy
Nov 15, 2022
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...
Evie Taylor
Oct 25, 2022
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...
Jhanvi Mehta
Oct 19, 2021
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...
Shravan Gopal
Feb 23, 2021
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...
Levi Cursham
Dec 15, 2020
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....
Catriona Heyworth
Oct 13, 2020
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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Abhay Venkitaraman
Oct 24
A Leaky Bucket: How Britain’s Consumption Tax System Undermines its Economy
Abhay Venkitaraman Illustration by Will Allen The UK’s Value Added Tax (VAT), a tax on household consumption, spares many goods and...
Syed Hussain
Nov 10, 2023
The Price of Imperialism : Israel, Oil, and the looming Global Recession
By Syed Hussain The Israel-Palestine war has profound and wide-ranging implications for the global economy that extend far beyond its...
Kavisha Manoj
Mar 17, 2023
Editorial: Holes in Doughnut Economics?
By Kavisha Manoj Despite the deep entrenchment of neoclassical economics, the past 2 decades have seen a variety of alternative economic...
Warwick Think Tank
Jan 31, 2023
Re-Envisioning the Command Economy
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of the Cold War and lifted previous restrictions for capitalist nations, allowing...
India Gordon
2 days ago
Confronting the UK's Far-Right Violence Problem
India Gordon This year, the UK witnessed a level of national violence not seen since the 2011 riots. However, the violence this time...
Mehul Chopra
Jan 16
Innocence under Siege: The Plight of Gaza’s Children
By Mehul Chopra The Gaza Strip, a small, densely populated piece of land on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, is home to over 2...
Saarah Rahman
Nov 8, 2023
Refugees in Limbo:Confronting Discrimination and Institutional Racism in Europe's Immigration Crisis
By Saarah Rahman Refugees flee their home country due to violence, crossing international borders for safety. However, they are met with...
India Southcott
Nov 7, 2023
Shortcomings in Addressing ‘Honour’ Based Violence in the UK
By India Southcott On September 15, 2023, the UK government rejected calls to officially define ‘honour’ based violence (HBV), indicative...
Aryanee Nair
Nov 7
How 'Crazy Rich Asians' Put Singapore on the Global Map: A Marketing Masterclass
Aryanee Nair Singapore – known for the best airport in the world and its relations to the film ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ by John M. Chu,...
Warwick Think Tank
Mar 26
Preserving Our Story: Navigating the Future of Digital and Cultural Preservation
By Tauseef Parkar The destruction of the Library of Alexandria centuries ago serves as a lesson on the fragility of human knowledge and...
Tauseef Parkar
Oct 17, 2023
Art VS Algorithms: The Battle for Pay Parity and Human Creativity in the Arts
By Tauseef Parkar After a 146-day standoff, the writers' strike finally came to an end. On September 24, the Writers Guild of America...
Warwick Think Tank
Mar 21, 2023
Do movies portray Marital Rape or Sexual Violence?
Movies are considered as the visual representation of the world that we are living in. No one dislikes watching movies. But do we...
Editorials
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Editorial: Regional Challenges Under the Magnifying Glass
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India Gordon
2 days ago
Confronting the UK's Far-Right Violence Problem
India Gordon This year, the UK witnessed a level of national violence not seen since the 2011 riots. However, the violence this time...
Mehul Chopra
Jan 16
Innocence under Siege: The Plight of Gaza’s Children
By Mehul Chopra The Gaza Strip, a small, densely populated piece of land on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, is home to over 2...
Saarah Rahman
Nov 8, 2023
Refugees in Limbo:Confronting Discrimination and Institutional Racism in Europe's Immigration Crisis
By Saarah Rahman Refugees flee their home country due to violence, crossing international borders for safety. However, they are met with...
India Southcott
Nov 7, 2023
Shortcomings in Addressing ‘Honour’ Based Violence in the UK
By India Southcott On September 15, 2023, the UK government rejected calls to officially define ‘honour’ based violence (HBV), indicative...
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Aditi Someshwar
Nov 11
Nobody Has Won This Election
Aditi Someshwar Heartbroken. It is the only way I can describe how I have felt since reading the results of the US election this past...
Aditi Someshwar
Oct 31
Social Media Wars: Leveraging Soft Power
Aditi Someshwar Many governments across the globe have been fighting a longstanding ‘war’ against foreign involvement in their public...
Udaya Pal
Oct 22
Tipping Point: Rethinking Global Approaches to Afghanistan’s Taliban Regime
Udaya Pal In August 2021, the Taliban swept across Afghanistan and into power only a week after the final US withdrawal of troops. In the...
Channon Heenan
Jan 26
Navigating the Indian Ocean: The Maldives’ Diplomatic Pivot from New Delhi to Beijing
By Channon Heenan The waters of the Indian ocean have long been a stage for political manoeuvring, and today it is no different. The...
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