Globally, economic inequality between countries has decreased over the last few decades. Yet climate change has impeded progress. Recent research shows that the gulf between the richest and poorest countries is 25 percent wider than it would be in a world without global warming. It is tropical countries that are...
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Becca Stuttard explores the ways that the environmentalist cause has intentionally kept people of colour out of the conversation.
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Becca Stuttard explores the Belt and Road Initiative in China and its wider implications.
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On 18 November 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a 10-point plan aimed at achieving Britain’s target of net-zero emissions by 2050. These green policies cover everything from petrol cars to carbon capture and offshore wind capacity. The 10-point plan comprises: Offshore wind: producing enough to power every home by...
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The global population is increasing by around 1.5% per year. If this growth rate continues, in less than half a century the number of people who live on the planet will have doubled. Various countries have attempted to control population levels over the past century, but in recent years, it...
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With ever more Britons concerned about the irreversible effects of climate change, many are asking themselves how their dietary choices might be a driving factor. But, which is more sustainable, a plant-based diet or a place-based one? The animal farming industry is on track to be the world’s biggest polluter,...
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Mo Farah smashed the men’s one-hour record on his return to the track at Brussels’ Diamond League meeting on Friday 4 September. The four-time Olympic champion ran 21,330m, surpassing the record of Haile Gebrselassie set in 2007 by 45 metres in the rarely run 60-minute race. At 37, when most...
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Becca Stuttard explores whether billionaires should exist and how the phenomenon of being a billionaire only increases wealth disparity.
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Sports clothing manufacturers Canterbury of New Zealand issued an apology on Thursday 27 August after coming under fire for not using female players to promote their new line of Irish rugby jerseys. The promotional photos used in the kit launch showed three beaming IRFU men’s players (Bundee Aki, Robert Henshaw...
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