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We bring together radical thinkers, makers, artists, and activists to design a Rapid Transition to a Fair and Ecological Economy.

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‘Wait here, someone’s gone to get help’ Part 2 of the 2016 New Weather Economic Forecast

by Andrew Simms | Jan 5, 2016

Here’s Part 2 of the New Weather Institute’s responses to the Financial Times’ annual survey of economists on what the paper considers to be key issues for the upcoming year.

A New Weather Economic Forecast for 2016

by Andrew Simms | Jan 4, 2016

Each year the Financial Times surveys around 100 economists about what the paper considers the key issues for the upcoming year. The results are reported today with the main story highlighted being broad support for continued membership of the European Union, but many...

A Year of Still Living Dangerously

by Andrew Simms | Dec 30, 2015

The politics and economics of energy and climate change - two, huge, linked themes - dominated the year. And nowhere, from governments to anti-austerity oppositions on the left, are the full implications for economies being appreciated. The Paris climate talks fell in...

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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.