Reasons to be cheerful
Source: Green Futures
"We've just seen the first big win in the fight to stabilise the world's climate"
Lester Brown tells Martin Wright why, at last, there's cause for optimism.
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An animated Evan Davis addresses the recent Scholars' graduation, using behavioural economics to demonstrate the importance of radical thinking to solve problems. ...
Can we shop our way to sustainability?
Richard Hardyment, July 15th, Forum Blog.
“Can we shop our way to sustainability?” was the topic for a lively seminar Forum for the Future held last Monday evening. "Yes - under certain conditions" came the answer from the majority of our panel: Lord Adair Turner, the new Chairman of the Government’s Committee on Climate Change; Lucy ...
Steering a sustainable path through GM issues
Claire Skinner, July 10th, Forum Blog.
Are genetically modified (GM) crops vital to solve the current global food and land crisis? The current situation has, if not shifted the European view, at least rocked it substantially. From a solid resistance to any trace of GM in the food chain, people are now beginning to question whether this ...
Voluntary carbon markets – making them work for the poor
Alice Chapple, July 15th, Forum Blog.
Researching for Forum's report on Making voluntary carbon markets work for the poor, I was struck by the tremendous passion and excitement of people who see poor people benefit directly from investments in forests and in small-scale renewable energy, made possible through the voluntary carbon market.
Of course no one ...
Renewable energy strategy
Jonathon Porritt, July 7th, Forum Blog.
There is a lot of (mostly justifiable) cynicism out there regarding the use of targets to drive environmental improvements. In May, the think-tank Policy Exchange brought out an analysis of all the different targets set by the Government on environmental issues since 1997, and gave them a real pasting ...
Forlorn in the USA (Unsure State of America)
Julian Agyeman, July 7th, Forum Blog.
Now that the dust has finally settled on the epic Obama-Clinton duel and the Democrats and Republicans are squaring up for some serious campaigning, what are some of the sustainability policy challenges and opportunities that await would-be Presidents Obama and McCain?
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