On Monday 6th September 2021, 229 health journals from across the world began publishing an editorial calling for world leaders to take emergency action to transform societies and limit climate change, restore biodiversity, and protect health. I was a co-author and coordinated the editorial. It is likely unprecedented across three dimensions: never have so many journalsContinue reading “Coverage: joint editorial from 200+ health journals on climate change”
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Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health
Wealthy nations must do much more, much faster Lukoye Atwoli, Editor in Chief, East African Medical Journal; Abdullah H. Baqui, Editor in Chief, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition; Thomas Benfield, Editor in Chief, Danish Medical Journal; Raffaella Bosurgi, Editor in Chief, PLOS Medicine; Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief, The BMJ; Stephen Hancocks, Editor in Chief, British Dental Journal; Richard Horton,Continue reading “Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health”
Interview: Nigel Farage, GB News on the IPCC report
I spoke with Nigel Farage on GB News about the IPCC’s latest report and how it’s a ‘code red’ for humanity.
Fairness and opportunity: A people-powered plan for the green transition (IPPR)
The final report of our Environmental Justice Commission The Environmental Justice Commission was established in May 2019 in recognition that action to address the accelerating climate and nature emergencies can be about more than staving off the worst; it can be about imagining a better world which we can build together. To realise this visionContinue reading “Fairness and opportunity: A people-powered plan for the green transition (IPPR)”
Review: Top 10 books for a greener economy, the Guardian
Planet on Fire featured in exalted company on Ann Pettifor‘s list of the top 10 books for a greener economy in the Guardian. Check out the list here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/02/top-10-books-for-a-greener-economy-ann-pettifor-green-new-deal
Seminar: Into the Storm – Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
24th May 2021 I gave a talk at the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter that explored the grand strategy for re-stabilising the natural world – or lack thereof – and how this will have to increasingly contend with the destabilising consequences of the environmental emergency. Check out the video below and readContinue reading “Seminar: Into the Storm – Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter”
Interview: It’s Freezing in LA!
Mat and I had a great chat with Martha Dillon at It’s Freezing in LA! about Planet on Fire – which they also reviewed. Check it out: https://www.itsfreezinginla.co.uk/post/a-primer-for-ecosocialism
Climate targets won’t meet themselves
The adults claim to be back in charge. In a time of Covid and COP, what a difference it makes. Relief and excitement are growing in equal measure as world leaders move beyond the chaos of the Trump era and talk up their commitments to acting on the environmental emergency. But a profound question hangsContinue reading “Climate targets won’t meet themselves”
Review: Planet on Fire on the LSE blog
Flora Parkin reviewed Planet on Fire in the LSE blog: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2021/05/04/book-review-planet-on-fire-a-manifesto-for-the-age-of-environmental-breakdown-by-mathew-lawrence-and-laurie-laybourn-langton/
Interview: Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd
Mat and I chatted to Ed and Geoff about Planet on Fire and the dream of a better world as well as the nightmare into which we head.
Laurie Laybourn 