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Nine arrests made in London as hundreds took part in individual Extinction Rebellion acts to protest lack of action on climate crisis Nine people were arrested on Saturday including a man who glued himself to Westminster Bridge in London in protest at a lack of government action two years after parliament declared a climate emergency.

Unfounded claims do not reflect president’s proposals to tackle global heating, which make no mention of meat consumption At a major summit hosted by Joe Biden last week, a procession of world leaders fretted over the spiraling dangers of the climate crisis, with some pledging further cuts to planet-heating emissions, others touting their embrace of

In the U.S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest region, arid-lands agriculturalists practiced sedentary agriculture for at least four thousand years. People developed diverse lifeways and a repertoire of successful dryland strategies that resemble those of some small-scale agriculturalists today. A multi-millennial trajectory of variable population growth ended during the early 1300s CE and by the late

John participated in a panel discussion on finance in the public interest, hosted by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. He was joined by Paul Collier, Louise Pryor, and Andy Haldane, each of whom offered a summary of their views, before having a general conversation. John emphasised the importance of understanding Radical Uncertainty when we

Huge concerts and nonstop touring mean the music business is in dire need of reform. Performers have begun to lead – but can their industry reshape itself as the world reopens? Before the pandemic struck, it wasn’t uncommon for DJs to fly between three European cities in a weekend. The carbon footprint of globetrotting tours

We propose an alternative methodology for engaging with multifaceted cultural ecosystem services (CES) in the Global South. We explore the use of dialogue as a tool for understanding CES in situ, while developing shared action steps toward CES conservation among stakeholders. We held six dialogue workshops in the rural Central Pacific region of Costa Rica