Economics and the environment
This presentation given by Caroline Whyte to the UCC Economics and Environmental Societies on October 28 includes an overview of the reasons why a...
Bringing disaster preparedness into resilience politics
"We should not give up the campaigning against further overshoot but we now need to combine this fight with steps in communities to prepare...
Podcast: being young in a time of pandemic
In the latest episode of the Feasta/EHFF podcast series 'Bridging the Gaps', we hear from three young people about their experience of lockdown.
Feasta position paper on the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
What can the EU do to prevent carbon leakage - the sabotaging of its climate policy by non-EU industries? This submission provides some suggestions...
Lessons of 2020
"The COVID-19 pandemic is a test. Are we learning anything?" asks Mike Sandler.
‘Balancing with a Doughnut’: Feasta position paper on the revision of the European Commission’s...
This paper uses Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics model as a basis for a suite of reforms that include limiting fossil fuel production and imports...
Psychopathology at the Limits to Economic Growth: Part Three
The Psychology of Decision Makers, Professionals and the Elite is part of “the system”
To respond rationally to a crisis of the magnitude that humanity...
Psychopathology at the Limits to Economic Growth: Part Two
The Management of Everyday life goes into crisis – mental health consequences
As we will show later in this article, this has enormous knock-on implications...
Psychopathology at the Limits to Economics Growth: An Essay in 3 Parts
"Counterposed to toxic elite priorities, a new politics of environmental protection, energy and resource saving, public health and community mental health is needed. The...
Why Don’t Lions Chase Mice: review
"When Watkins calls for a “brown new deal” he is not in any way denying climate science, he is trying to respond to the...
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