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Category Archives: environment
Who says there is a climate emergency?
To be clear: the question is not who says we should be concerned about climate change – which is something there is wide agreement on – but who has been promoting this specific idea, which has been repeated in headlines … Continue reading
Posted in environment, propaganda, Uncategorized
Tagged climate, climate change, democracy, environment, global-warming, ipcc
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Trees don’t grow on money – or why you don’t get to rebel against extinction
Money doesn’t grow on trees, and although people can make money out of trees, they cannot make trees out of money. This much may seem platitudinous, but it is worth keeping in mind. What is true of trees is true … Continue reading
Finance, War, and the Rule of Rogue Law
Something like a privatised global constitution governs financial relationships affecting the life prospects of everyone on the planet. Not only does this entrench the pursuit of interests that run counter to social justice, ecological sustainability, and even real economic productivity.[1] … Continue reading
Green Party On Syria
I have supported the Green Party for as long as it has existed within the UK. I think its speakers often make more sense than most other politicians. However, the statement on Syria, by co-leaders Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley, … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, BBC, Channel 4, environment, environmental ethics, global justice, journalism, media, MSF, propaganda, Syria, Uncategorized, war
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Water: a human right?
Is there a human right to water? Nestle’s CEO once notoriously suggested that the idea is an extreme one put about by NGOs.[1] Just this week, the same corporation has sparked controversy in a municipality of Ontario by outbidding the … Continue reading
Why carbon credits are not credible
If you want to protect human rights, you should look to what’s good for humans; if you want to protect the environment, you should look to what’s good for the environment. These things sound obvious when you say them. But … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, environment, human rights, Laudato Si
Tagged climate, climate change, environment, fossil fuel, human rights, natural capital, Pope Francis, property rights, rights
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To Divest or Not to Divest – Or Neither?
The University of Edinburgh has decided to resist the call from campaigners and some of its academics to divest decisively from fossil fuels. Does it matter? Nobody – on either side of the debate – can sincerely think that the … Continue reading
Posted in environment, responsible investment, Uncategorized
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Anthropocentrism
I notice that an old encyclopaedia entry of mine on Anthropocentrism has reached ‘top 3%’ of articles on the Academia.edu site. It’s gratifying to be in a top-something list of something, whatever it means, but more interesting is to find … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropocentrism, climate change, environment, environmental ethics
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Investment in Reality
In my final blog of three on responsible investment I offer some reflections on how to think about realities of wealth without being distracted by the symbolic representation of it that money, so unreliably at times, conveys. While doing so, … Continue reading
Should universities divest from fossil fuels?
Divestment from fossil fuels is the focus of a campaign among students and other civil society groups that is gathering momentum – and faster, it seems, even than previous campaigns that targeted apartheid, tobacco and arms manufacturers. Universities are among … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, divestment, environmental ethics, ethics, fossil fuel
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