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  • The great transformation – greening the economy

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    During a two-day international conference  in May 2010, ‘‘The Great Transformation – Greening the Economy,’’ 400 international guests discussed how to achieve a comprehensive transformation of our societies into ‘‘Low Carbon Societies,’’ and the ecological remodeling of industrial society. read more  

  • Democracy and climate change: a story of failure

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    The political order of liberal democracy is incapable of rising to the challenge of global environmental catastrophe. Australia’s experience under John Howard suggests that it is time to think radically and embrace a post-democratic approach, says David Shearman. read more  

  • Peak oil, climate change and democracy: Do they mix?

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    Winston Churchill once noted, “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” But have the pressing problems facing us today — looming peak oil, climate change, the still-strangled credit markets — given other forms of government an edge […]