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Richard Murphy and Colin Hines on creating a programme of economic activity that improves social conditions and addresses the environmental crisis There is no better example of what Larry Elliott perceptively terms “capitalism for dummies”, whereby our political systems self-destructively fail to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis, than the unspent 95% of the green

Judiciary | Queen’s leases | Travel plans | Ancient showroom | Stonehenge Donald Trump’s acquittal in the US Senate (Report, 14 February) surely provides the best possible evidence for never allowing politicians to get involved in judicial decision-making. Their priorities lie in other directions. Les Baker Fordingbridge, Hampshire • The Queen gets £220m a year

Publication date: May 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 183 Author(s): Robert Costanza, Ida Kubiszewski, Natalie Stoeckl, Tom Kompas

In an exclusive extract from his new book, the Microsoft founder explains why we need to cut carbon emissions to zero – even if he is an ‘imperfect messenger’ There are two numbers you need to know about climate change. The first is 51bn. The other is zero. Fifty-one billion is how many tons of

The predicted future shortfall in seafood production from tropical small-scale fisheries demands support to help diversify income streams and food production for coastal communities. Livelihood diversification can comprise the enhancement or addition of components to existing fisheries, yet the likely socioeconomic impacts are unclear. With a long history of nondeleterious introductions, the marine snail “trochus”

John joined Dame Minouche Shafik and Gemma Tetlow on Radio 4’s The Bottom Line to discuss the impact of coronavirus on the UK’s economy and debt levels. Listen to the discussion here. The post The Covid Hangover appeared first on John Kay.

Meeting Paris goals would bring health benefits aside from tackling global heating, research says Thousands of lives lost to air pollution, inactivity and unhealthy diets could be saved each year if the UK takes the action needed to tackle climate change, researchers have said. Across the world, millions of lives could be saved if countries