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Environment

Nov 23
4 min

'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

ENVIRONMENT

'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...

Stathis Poulantzas

Nov 17

ENVIRONMENT

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 the...

Ethan Wilson

Oct 19

ENVIRONMENT

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...

Mehru Nisa Shahid

Oct 15

EDUCATION

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,...

Stathis Poulantzas

Oct 10

ENVIRONMENT

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...

Editorial: Gen-Z is turning Climate Anxiety into Climate Action

Evie Taylor

Mar 17

EDITORIAL

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...

Not built to withstand: Could Turkey have prevented the scale of disaster?

Ananya Sreekumar

Feb 21

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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...

Investigating the Silencing of Climate Activists

Evie Taylor

Jan 10

ENVIRONMENT

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...

Editorial: Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Fast Fashion Fuels the Climate Crisis in the Global South

Warwick Think Tank

Dec 14, 2022

EDITORIAL

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...

COP27: Real progress or performative action?

Evie Taylor

Nov 22, 2022

ENVIRONMENT

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...

Reinvention of Technology Amidst a Crisis

Akaesha Kohli

Nov 17, 2022

TECHNOLOGY

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...

Private Finance holding us to Ransom: rapid decarbonisation is impeded by a policy of appeasement

Finlay Healy

Nov 15, 2022

ECONOMICS & FINANCE

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...

Truss: Leadership Without Long-term Vision is Destined to Fail

Evie Taylor

Oct 25, 2022

POLITICS & POLICY

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...

US Climate Backsliding: Self-Sabotage For Its Role As Global Green Leader?

Jhanvi Mehta

Oct 19, 2021

ENVIRONMENT

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...

Is the Pandemic Making the Oil Industry Greener?

Shravan Gopal

Feb 23, 2021

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Is the Pandemic Making the Oil Industry Greener?

The oil industry had a crisis year in 2020. Royal Dutch Shell posted a loss of $21.7bn last year and the US giant Exxon Mobil suffered a...

Britain’s Electric Car Revolution, Is It Even Worth It?

Levi Cursham

Dec 15, 2020

ENVIRONMENT

Britain’s Electric Car Revolution, Is It Even Worth It?

In November 2020, the UK brought forward its ban on petrol and diesel cars from 2040 to 2030, with some hybrids being allowed into 2035....

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Nimrit Jodha

Oct 31

HEALTHCARE

Public vs Private: Does the Quality of Healthcare vary between the Public and Private Sectors?

By Nimrit Jodha Over the past decade, there has been an increased emphasis on healthcare becoming a profit-maximising industry. However,...

Editorial: Can we ever be too hyperaware of our well-being?

Drishti Patel

Mar 17

EDITORIAL

Editorial: Can we ever be too hyperaware of our well-being?

By Drishti Patel As a society, due to the advances in medical research and technology, it is inevitable that we are able to better...

What can we learn from Cuba’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Caitlin Hoyland

Nov 1, 2022

HEALTHCARE

What can we learn from Cuba’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Have you heard about the five covid-19 vaccines developed in Cuba? Have you heard that Cuba has one of the highest vaccination rates in...

The BAME community: the inequalities in healthcare brought to light by COVID-19

Nimrit Jodha

Oct 20, 2022

HEALTHCARE

The BAME community: the inequalities in healthcare brought to light by COVID-19

As COVID-19 progressed, data revealed just how prevalent the inequalities in accessing healthcare were for black, Asian and minority...

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Syed Hussain

Nov 10
5 min

ECONOMICS & FINANCE

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...

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