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environment and climate change Articles

Green social democracy: going beyond market failure

The publication of two reports in September has reminded us just how unsustainable global economic growth remains. But, despite the gloom, both reports pre-empt a mood, especially among business, that the challenges of resource depletion and climate change can only be...

The Green Book: New Directions for Liberals in Government

If The Green Book is a showcase of thinking within the Liberal Democrats, there is little to suggest a stop to their downward spiral. The book is an interesting exposition of why we need to move to a greener, low-carbon economy, and how we can get there. As well as...

We need to talk about the weather

What on earth has happened to the weather? Sandy interrupting the final week of the US elections, flooding in Aberdeen, flash floods in Edinburgh, hailstones in East Kilbride. Scottish holidaymakers evacuated because of forest fires near Marbella and flooding in Cadiz...

Green Labour at the crossroads

Labour can draw on its past to build a truly green future economy By Daniel Stevens and Tristan Stubbs —The right is continuing its attempt to seize the green mantle from Labour. David Cameron famously proclaimed a wish to run the ‘greenest government ever’; more...