Category: Climate change and sustainable development

Article by Katie FosterImage: Lausanne, CC by 2.0 - source: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/fight-against-climate-change-fight-against-capitalism/ Since 1880, each decade, the Earth’s temperature has risen by an average of 0.8°C and since 1981, the rate of...

Article by Imogen EllisPhoto by Joshua Woroniecki on Unsplash Global north blaming the global south, Corporations blaming foreign laws and Individuals blaming corporations. The need to stop pointing fingers and all look inward and work together has never been stronger...

Article by Mengyu LiangPhoto by Ilja Nedilko on Unsplash The breaking news that Mr. Lee Jae-Myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of South Korea, has been taken to hospital after going on hunger strike has been widely reported. As The New York Times (2023)...

Article by Emily Richardson-MoorePhoto by Fernand De Canne on Unsplash As a product of globalisation, the fashion industry has become the second largest polluter in the world, rivalled only by the oil industry. A study by the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) has...

Article by David AltmarkPhoto by David Rodrigo on Unsplash We are killing the planet extremely quickly by using too much of harmful and unsustainable energy sources. We are on no track to be able to stop this before it gets to a point where we can no longer reverse...

Article by Verity RudinPhoto by Joshua Rawson-Harris on Unsplash Globalisation has shaped the world into an increasingly interconnected society whereby the limits of time and geographical boundaries have become meaningless. It has fused cultures, with the processes of...

Article by Grace ScottPhoto by Rob Wicks on Unsplash Global temperatures are rising, ice caps are melting, and fingers are being pointed. The question is, upon whose shoulders should the blame rest and who should we look for the solution? The average consumer?...

Article by Francesca PaxtonPhoto by Li-An Lim on Unsplash Climate scientists anticipate that if global temperatures rise by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, there is a critical threshold in the Earth’s systems known as the ‘tipping point’ that is estimated to be reached...

Article by Eri FujikawaPhoto by Hannah Morgan on Unsplash In today’s fashion landscape, we frequently enter declarations like “We are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our business”, “We use environmentally-friendly packaging”, and “We monitor and...

Article by Rahdia AliGraphic: Sébastien Thibault - Source: https://www.leftvoice.org/capitalism-is-destroying-the-planet-lets-destroy-capitalism/  Capitalism is overtaking our lives in the worst way possible. The sea levels are rising, the global temperature is...