As different parts of the planet freeze and fry simultaneously, Prof Bill McGuire says global warming is no longer a future problem, the reality is here and now... The term climate change never quite hit the spot as a description of what is happening to our climate as...
I have a stake, or at least a pastry, in the story of the failed café chain Patisserie Valerie. In the early 1980's I was a wide-eyed student in Central London, having wandered in from the provinces (Essex). Soho was a short walk from the college and at its heart,...
Each year the Financial Times newspaper investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of analysts. New Weather took part. Last year, says the paper, the survey’s predictions proved highly accurate. For most the uncertainty of Brexit now clouds many...
This pamphlet looks at how the UK is unprepared for a new era of crises and disasters. To illuminate the national predicament we look at lessons from recent history, and what we can learn, often from countries in the Global South, about the kind of local planning required and resources needed to be ready for when storms and other disasters strike near where we live.
