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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 her support for Heathrow Airport’s long-debated third runway expansion. This endorsement came amidst her speech at a Siemens Healthineers facility in Oxford, where Reeves highlighted her support for ‘growth at all costs’. In 2023, Reeves pledged to be Britain’s first green Chancellor. However, January’s announcement, along with recent remarks
Mar 12, 2025
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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 her support for Heathrow Airport’s long-debated third runway expansion. This endorsement came amidst her speech at a Siemens Healthineers facility in Oxford, where Reeves highlighted her support for ‘growth at all costs’. In 2023, Reeves pledged to be Britain’s first green Chancellor. However, January’s announcement, along with recent remarks
Millie Gould
Mar 12, 2025
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 mechanisms for cross-border "voluntary cooperation" within the framework of the Paris Climate Agreement, they are currently one of the main drivers of emissions reduction, as well as providing a source of climate financing. Currently, there are 33 non-voluntary carbon markets in operation around the world, though this number looks set to gro
Jakub Fegyveres
Jan 16, 2025
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 importance of a given policy should be synonymous with, and measured by, its impact. It may be intuitive to turn to the most well-known policies; the ban on electric vehicles, or the 1.5-degree Celsius target agreed in Paris at COP21. These policies, and many others like them, were formed by educated policymakers, operating on the basis of a politic
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 going as far as to call climate change “one of the greatest scams of all time”. Despite there being a consensus amongst 97% of climate scientists that climate change is not only real but anthropogenically caused, Trump’s recent re-election for a second term signifies the return of climate denialism to the Oval Office. As this article is
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 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. Tens of thousands of delegates, NGO representatives, and lobbyists will descend on the city for a fortnight, during which the existential issue of climate change tends to be most politically salient. Its pivotal role in negotiating the requisite worldwide response, coupled with a failure to arrive at sufficiently
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 Africa
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 benefit regime. These efforts have significantly increased the generosity of welfare provision for households with children. What impact did these policies have – and with child poverty rates on the up in the aftermath of the pandemic, what more needs to be done? Across advanced economies, child poverty rates in the OECD generally exceed tho
Abhay Venkitaraman
Jan 18, 2025
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 landscape of international monetary relations. While the alliance's recent expansion and high-profile Kazan summit signal growing momentum, critical analysis reveals significant structural impediments to achieving true financial parity with the U.S.-led system. The summit's unprecedented attendance by over 30 nations, including EU partners and NAT
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 services from the ‘standard’ 20% tax rate. Some, like food and children’s clothing, are subjected to reduced rates of VAT – whilst others, like education, are exempted from VAT altogether. This bleeds the government of £100bn every single year, burdens businesses with extra administration and compliance costs, and results in unfair tax treatment
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 second reading in the last month. If approved, the Bill could transform end-of-life care in the UK, marking a significant step forward in patient autonomy. However, to truly ensure the safety and dignity of patients, adequate safeguards are needed to address the procedure’s intrinsic practical and ethical challenges. need to be robustly def
India Gordon
Jan 9, 2025
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 seemed to have a clear ideological fuel: far right-wing populist sentiments driven by anti-immigrant and Islamaphobic rhetoric. These views, having been repeatedly reinforced by leading political figures, mainstream media, and social media platforms, have become deeply ingrained in British society. From this perspective, the riots serve as just
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 central to both industries. The fluidity and catchiness emphasises the nature of modern consumer behaviour, where speed takes precedence over deliberation and ethics. Both of which are emblematic of a capitalist system that prioritises consumerism over moral considerations. The fast-food industry is not just a business but a microcosm of the larg
Aryanee Nair
Jan 25, 2025
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, adapted from the novel by Kevin Kwan. For those who are unfamiliar with the film, it is set in Singapore, revealing the opulent world of Singapore’s elite. The film explores themes of love, identity and the complexities of family ties against a backdrop of lavish lifestyles. Given its success, prestigious awards, and over $200 million in global ea
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
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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 second reading in the last month. If approved, the Bill could transform end-of-life care in the UK, marking a significant step forward in patient autonomy. However, to truly ensure the safety and dignity of patients, adequate safeguards are needed to address the procedure’s intrinsic practical and ethical challenges. need to be robustly def
India Gordon
Jan 9, 2025
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 seemed to have a clear ideological fuel: far right-wing populist sentiments driven by anti-immigrant and Islamaphobic rhetoric. These views, having been repeatedly reinforced by leading political figures, mainstream media, and social media platforms, have become deeply ingrained in British society. From this perspective, the riots serve as just
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
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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 regime became painfully clear. However, as the dust settles, serious concerns are emerging amongst observers who fear that Syria could follow Libya’s post-revolution trajectory into collapse. Further doubts about the future of Syria’s leadership have been cast by those who highlight the former al-Qaeda connections of the leaders of the rebel
Udaya Pal
Feb 12, 2025
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 decision-making dominance across countries both within Europe and beyond, positioning itself as an overarching ideological faction with implicit power at the global stage. However, is being a member of the Union worth the price one pays in accession? This remains a question that begs an answer. Who may enter the Union? Being within the geographic co
Aditi Someshwar
Jan 8, 2025
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 relations with the Middle East. He’s been very vocal about his desire to return to a time of US isolationism, outlining a foreign policy characterised by high tariffs, transactional relationships, and a rejection of multilateral organisations. His first term demonstrated his appetite for reckless and aggressive behaviour, but his ambitions w
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 overlooked dimension of how countries exercise power. Cuisine and culinary premise is an unconscious yet effective mechanism of influencing perception and image with very real world consequences in the form of bilateral treaties, trade agreements, and tourism. Setting The Plate - Culinary Exchange To understand the way in which culinary diplomacy i
Aditi Someshwar
Nov 30, 2024
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