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G20 Guest Bankers also spoke of the need to "unlock" pension funds, so they can invest ordinary people's savings into combatting the climate crisis.

New Economics Foundation calls for £50bn to reboot economy on greener footing

We need to think hard about the kind of future our money is going to support through our investments, writes Mary Stevens of Friends of the Earth. Plus a letter from Margaret SquiresYour article on why women need to start...

We are trying to be positive, but there’s little likely to put a smile on your face – except for a couple of things …

A national environment-friendly infrastructure plan is urgently required to restore the UK to social and economic health, says a group of MPs, academics and green campaigners

Early warning of civilisational collapse by early to mid 21st century startlingly prescient - but opportunity for transition openAccording to a new peer-reviewed scientific report, industrial civilisation is likely to deplete...

 Image © Rahhal / Shutterstock.com The world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, has run into some financial troubles that may result in management shutting down air conditioning and elevator service to its...

Trillions of dollars at risk as stock markets inflate value of fossil fuels that may have to remain buried forever, experts warnThe world could be heading for a major economic crisis as stock markets inflate an investment...

Ministers continue negotiations with EU, IMF and Russia as suspicions grow that Kremlin is pressing for stakes in gas fieldsCyprus ordered its banks to remain closed until next week as the cabinet held emergency talks on...

When George Osborne and I briefly had children together at the same school, I used to chat to him in the playground about how ineffectual I thought his party was being at advancing conservative ideas...

"This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine… We regard the agreement signed last night as symbolic of the desire of our...

Chairman Stephen Henwood admits to 'shortcomings' in bonus structure as rewards increase by a thirdBonuses at taxpayer-funded quango the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority rose by almost a third last year even though it faces...

This is a slide video of the presentation given by Gail Tverberg at the Oil Drum/ASPO Conference at Alcatraz, Italy in June 2009. Her talk is about Finite Resources: One Possible Explanation for the Energy Crisis ( Presentation...

Financial meltdown, climate change and dwindling energy supplies demand a newer world order

Nearly all of the economic analyses we see today have as their basic premise a view that the current financial crisis is a temporary aberration. We will have a V or U shaped recovery, especially if enough stimulus is applied,...