Submission on the options for the use of revenues raised from increases in carbon...
What is the best way to allocate revenue from carbon pricing so as to protect those suffering from fuel poverty and promote international climate...
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We urge the Irish government to recognise the existential aspect of environmental risk, as well as the complex challenges posed by the global financial...
Notes on the “Financialisation of Nature and Carbon Markets”
Brian Davey questions the wisdom of commodifying nature in order to try and address environmental damage, and argues for a more democratic, commons-based approach.
Diary of a baby-boomer nobody
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Mark Garavan speaking at Global Water Dances event, Cork, June 15th
Feasta's Mark Garavan will be speaking in Cork at the launch of the Oxford University Press Community Development Journal's special issue on "Water, Anti-...
Propaganda for renewables: a critique of a report by oil change international
While agreeing with Oil Change International's arguments concerning the unfeasibility of natural gas as a 'bridge' in the energy transition, Brian Davey is concerned...
Report on the 2019 Food for Thought / Lón Intinne workshop
Our 2019 gathering, which was organised in collaboration with Afri and Teacht Aniar and was part of the National Biodiversity Week, included discussion of...
Land planning policy at the limits to growth
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asks Brian Davey
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