Climate change, energy and sustainability
Ahead of COP31, Rob White, author of 'Climate Harms and Criminal Justice', examines the implications for policing, prisons, courts, harm prevention and human rights.…Read more
Sharla Lair and Melissa Seelye discuss how OACIP demonstrates that community-funded diamond open access can make scholarly publishing more equitable and sustainable by sharing costs, recognising labour, and empowering the communities that create and rely on knowledge. …Read more
Sy Taffel, author of 'Postgrowth Digital Futures', argues that digital technology should prioritise sustainability, community wellbeing, and democratic control instead of endless capitalist growth.…Read more
Marc Thompson, author of 'Spark', argues that the toxic algal blooms in Lough Neagh expose a wider ecological crisis driven by flawed economic systems and poor water management, highlighting the urgent need for a “planetary mindset” and more cooperative ways of organising society within environmental limits.…Read more
Frank T. Manheim, author of 'American Environmental History and Policy', argues that Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement reflects a long-building political polarisation over environmental policy in the US, rooted in conflicts in the 1970s, and that future climate progress depends on overcoming this divide.…Read more
George Miller discusses the What Is It For? book series, inspired by Gauguin’s existential questions, arguing that in an age of global “polycrisis,” critically examining the purpose of institutions can help us imagine better alternatives, even if it cannot solve problems outright.…Read more
In this Transforming Business episode, Martin Parker speaks with Barbara Kump and Babette Julia Brinkmann about how we can all create change from within our organisations.…Read more
Dominic Hinde, author of 'Journalism in the Anthropocene', argues that coverage of leaders like François Hollande reveals how journalism fragments climate change into isolated stories instead of treating it as the context shaping all reporting.…Read more
What happens when Nature is given a voice, and a vote, in business? In this Transforming Business podcast episode, Martin Parker speaks with Simeon Rose about how businesses can embed ‘Nature governance’ into their organisations.…Read more
After 30 years of UN climate summits, global warming has only worsened — revealing the urgent need for radical reform of the COP process and a complete transformation of our societal values.…Read more