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Jan 15
Carbon Markets: Making the Most of a Cornerstone of Climate Policy
Jakub Fegyveres Carbon markets are, currently, a highly topical issue in contemporary environmental policy. Included as one of the three...
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Jakub Fegyveres
Jan 15
Carbon Markets: Making the Most of a Cornerstone of Climate Policy
Jakub Fegyveres Carbon markets are, currently, a highly topical issue in contemporary environmental policy. Included as one of the three...
Jakub Fegyveres
Dec 8, 2024
A Climate Conscious Curriculum: the Low-Cost way to Combat Disinformation and Improve our Future
Jakub Fegyveres What is the most important area of environmental policy? In my opinion, especially in this context, the relative...
Millie Gould
Nov 19, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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 AfricaÂ
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...
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Abhay Venkitaraman
Jan 18
Progress Up North: Exploring the Success of Canadian Child Benefit Reforms
Abhay Venkitaraman Over the past decade, Canadian governments on both sides of the aisle have implemented reforms to the country’s child...
Syed Hussain
Nov 27, 2024
Levelling the Global Financial Playing Field: BRICS' Strategic Bid for Monetary Independence
Syed Hussain BRICS' ambitious bid to level the global financial playing field presents more questions than answers in the evolving...
Abhay Venkitaraman
Oct 24, 2024
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...
India Gordon
Jan 9
Life, Death, and Dignity: Understanding the Assisted Dying Debate in the UK
India Gordon The UK is at a pivotal moment in its history with the proposed Terminally Ill Adults (Assisted Dying) Bill having passed its...
India Gordon
Nov 21, 2024
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, 2024
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...
Aryanee Nair
Jan 25
Fast Fashion and Fast Food: A Parallel Model of Consumptions and Ethics
Aryanee Nair Fast fashion and fast food. The alliterative pair serves as a sonic anchor, suggesting urgency and immediacy which are...
Aryanee Nair
Nov 7, 2024
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, 2024
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...
Editorials
Nov 1, 2024
Editorial: Regional Challenges Under the Magnifying Glass
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India Gordon
Jan 9
Life, Death, and Dignity: Understanding the Assisted Dying Debate in the UK
India Gordon The UK is at a pivotal moment in its history with the proposed Terminally Ill Adults (Assisted Dying) Bill having passed its...
India Gordon
Nov 21, 2024
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, 2024
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...
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Udaya Pal
Feb 12
Rebuilding After Assad
Udaya Pal The fall of the brutal Assad regime on the 8th of December was rightly celebrated across the world, just as the horrors of the...
Aditi Someshwar
Jan 8
EU Membership: The Price of Belonging
Aditi Someshwar The European Union is one of the most powerful and significant geographic blocs in history. The Union extends...
Udaya Pal
Dec 5, 2024
Trump’s Return: What this means for the Fragile Balance in the Middle East
Udaya Pal Donald Trump’s incoming return to the White House has many skeptical and concerned about the implications for the future of US...
Aditi Someshwar
Nov 30, 2024
Global Plates: How Countries Export Culture
Aditi Someshwar Food is central to all of our lives, an essential ingredient for our mind, body, and soul. It is also a severely...
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