Join leading academics to discuss what the Government’s new Class Unit could mean for social mobility and the future equality agenda.

From southern Africa to the Amazon, the risks are mounting and the window for action is rapidly closing.

Birmingham City Council is proposing the city becomes England's first 20mph city.

Fierce competition and overcapacity crises are impeding efforts to decarbonize cement production

Public confidence in the privatised water suppliers has collapsed. How did they get away with poisoning our water for decades?

The world is in the midst of a deep and worsening housing crisis. It has caused rents to soar in Britain, millions to protest in Spain, and a government to collapse in Sweden. Under a global ideology ...

EDITORIAL NOTE: Given the importance of this issue, and in a desire to be fair when writing such a critical piece, I sent a draft of this article to Ed Zitron to review and give his response to. I've ...

Romania will shut down its ‌second nuclear reactor on the Danube river, the energy ministry said on Wednesday, three days after decades-low river levels forced it to shut down the first.

Europe’s biggest funder of fossil fuels urges investors to see an opportunity in ‘super’ El Niño that could leave millions starving

Hundreds of hectares of "precious" moorland have been burned by wildfires, United Utilities says.

A compelling account of the role of asset managers in driving consolidation across the American economy, offering a bold call to revive and reinforce US antitrust and antimonopoly policy.Recent decade...

Berlin start-up Ucaneo has opened Germany's largest direct air capture plant — 150 tonnes of CO₂ a year, filtered with electricity. Why it matters for Power-to-X.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Our new investigation reveals the problems with Palantir’s NHS tech - and the unrivalled political access that fuelled the firm’s march into the British state

Programming Note: In addition to this monthly newsletter, Kate and Tim are regularly publishing dispatches and putting out podcasts, which you can find at thepolycrisis.org. This summer’s heat waves h...

Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures

PE firms have bought up restaurant chains in recent years, but they have a mixed track record when it comes to turning them around.

Amended contract follows heatwaves across UK and western Europe