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The world desperately needs another dream to live by
Neoliberalism has collapsed: everlasting growth and unlimited consumption were doomed to fail – so what now, asks ALAN SIMPSON
It's not just cars and petrol: a switch to capitalism with electric vehicles and renewable energy will not address the fact that climate change is driven by the mistaken idea we can have infinite growth

“DON’T choose extinction.” This was the simple advice offered by a dinosaur in the UN’s CGI video message to global leaders. The question is whether any have the sense to heed it.

The chaotic upheavals surrounding Glasgow’s Cop26 gathering suggest the message is not getting through fast enough.

To be fair, there were hopeful signs.

…and then there were none: the need for new dreams

Living in the overshoot

‘1.5 to survive’: the circularity safety net

The dreams we live by

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