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High Ambitions, Higher Emissions: Is the UK Prioritising Growth Over Green?
Millie Gould It seems the Labour government’s commitments to climate action are up in the air after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced...
Mar 12
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High Ambitions, Higher Emissions: Is the UK Prioritising Growth Over Green?
Millie Gould It seems the Labour government’s commitments to climate action are up in the air after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced...
Millie Gould
Mar 12


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
Jan 16


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...
Jakub Fegyveres
Dec 8, 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...
Millie Gould
Nov 19, 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...
Jakub Fegyveres
Nov 14, 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...
Stathis Poulantzas
Feb 19, 2024


'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...
Ethan Wilson
Nov 23, 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...
Stathis Poulantzas
Nov 17, 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...
Ethan Wilson
Oct 19, 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,...
Mehru Nisa Shahid
Oct 15, 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...
Stathis Poulantzas
Oct 10, 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...
Evie Taylor
Mar 17, 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...
Ananya Sreekumar
Feb 21, 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...
Evie Taylor
Jan 10, 2023


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...
Warwick Think Tank
Dec 14, 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...
Evie Taylor
Nov 22, 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...
Akaesha Kohli
Nov 17, 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...
Finlay Healy
Nov 15, 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...
Evie Taylor
Oct 25, 2022


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...
Jhanvi Mehta
Oct 19, 2021
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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...
Abhay Venkitaraman
Jan 18


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...
Syed Hussain
Nov 27, 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...
Abhay Venkitaraman
Oct 24, 2024


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...
Syed Hussain
Nov 10, 2023


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
Jan 9


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...
India Gordon
Nov 21, 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...
Mehul Chopra
Jan 16, 2024


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...
Saarah Rahman
Nov 8, 2023


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
Jan 25


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,...
Aryanee Nair
Nov 7, 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...
Warwick Think Tank
Mar 26, 2024


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...
Tauseef Parkar
Oct 17, 2023
Editorials


Editorial: Regional Challenges Under the Magnifying Glass
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Nov 1, 2024
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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
Jan 9


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...
India Gordon
Nov 21, 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...
Mehul Chopra
Jan 16, 2024


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...
Saarah Rahman
Nov 8, 2023
Explore foreign affairs


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...
Udaya Pal
Feb 12


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...
Aditi Someshwar
Jan 8


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...
Udaya Pal
Dec 5, 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...
Aditi Someshwar
Nov 30, 2024

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