Environment | International Politics and Society - IPS

Header

search

Reuters

The revolution falters over Amulsar gold

The contentious issue of gold mining in Armenia presents the Pashinyan government with a difficult dilemma

Reuters

Debt jubilees in the time of climate breakdown

When disaster hits, already impoverished countries find themselves in debt traps. Only a global mechanism can prevent this

By Jürgen Kaiser

Reuters

China's institutional shake-up

To reconcile rapid economic growth and climate change mitigation, China wants to mainstream environmental protection

By Junjie Zhang

The climate crisis cannot be solved by capitalism

To fulfil the Paris Agreement, Germany’s climate policies need to look beyond market-based strategies

Pexels

System change, not climate change

A Green New Deal requires nothing less than bringing the globalised financial system under the authority of nation states

By Ann Pettifor

Reuters

Managing the next Gold Rush

The seafloor is rich in minerals, but barely understood. We need to be careful not to trigger an environmental catastrophe

By Sharon E. Burke

Reuters

The dangerous delusion of optimal global warming

Sophisticated economic models suggest that global warming should be limited to 3.5°C. But they're fatally flawed

By Adair Turner

Reuters

Carbon pricing: the Canadian experience

Despite mitigating climate change and fostering innovation, carbon pricing is under attack in Canada

By Isabelle Turcotte

Reuters

On the edge

Climate protection is the new conflict line in European societies. Traditional parties have to offer a vision for the future

By Stella Schaller and Alexander Carius

Reuters

Europe’s coal problem

The eurozone muddled through its crisis at Germany’s behest. The climate emergency is much too serious for that