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Statement on the US Rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement

FEASTA encourages policymakers and activists to take the opportunity, as the US re-engages with the Paris Climate Agreement, to include a science-based, equity-based, and people-based method of achieving the 1.5 degree goal: CapGlobalCarbon.

De-growth Discussion 3: inflation, deflation or (probably) stagflation

In what ways might a contracting economy bring about a massive redistribution of wealth, and which of these ways would be preferable? Tim Watkins and Brian Davey discuss this and many other topics in their exploration of the relationship between energy and inflation in the modern economy, and the risk from economic models which fail to account for declining energy.

Podcast: economic narratives and systems innovation

Argentinian economist and Wellbeing Economy Alliance member Mariana Mirabile talks with Caroline Whyte and Seán Ó'Conláin about the problematic assumptions in neoclassical economics and the need for a systems-based analytic framework.

De-growth Discussion 2: Nottingham or (probably) Bust

Brian Davey and Tim Watkins explore the reasons behind Nottingham's grave economic difficulties and argue that many other cities in industrialised countries are facing similar challenges.

De-growth Discussion 1

Topics covered in this first instalment of a series of video discussions between Brian Davey and Tim Watkins include the energy supply, Brexit, the Bank of England, discretionary income and bankrupt local authorities.

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2020 has been an exciting, but also a very challenging year for Feasta. The pandemic has triggered a huge upsurge of interest in many of our ideas, but our funding has diminished. Please consider supporting our unique and vital work by making a donation on behalf of a loved one or yourself during this holiday period.

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