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Mar 17
6 min

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

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

ENERGY & 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

ENERGY & 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

FINANCE & THE ECONOMY

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

ENERGY & 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

ENERGY & 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....

The ‘Green Recovery’ and What We’re All Missing

Catriona Heyworth

Oct 13, 2020

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

The ‘Green Recovery’ and What We’re All Missing

‘Coronavirus has provided a stark reminder of what happens when humanity’s relationship with nature breaks down.’ - Justin Addison,...

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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...

Warwick Think Tank

Feb 15, 2022

HEALTHCARE

Solving the UK's Dementia Crisis

This article was written by contributor Harry Ward The dementia crisis is one close to my heart. As an Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK)...

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Kavisha Manoj

Mar 17
5 min

EDITORIAL

Editorial: Holes in Doughnut Economics?

By Kavisha Manoj Despite the deep entrenchment of neoclassical economics, the past 2 decades have seen a variety of alternative economic...

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