What really happens at a UN climate summit?
In a few weeks’ time, 25,000 people will descend on Glasgow. They are coming for the UN climate summit, also known as Cop26. The delegates might not h...
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Award-winning podcast about the economic forces shaping our world, with Ayeisha Thomas-Smith and guests. Brought to you by the New Economics Foundation – the independent think tank and charity campaigning for a fairer, sustainable economy. New episodes on Mondays.
The Great Homes Upgrade
The UK has the draughtiest and oldest housing in Western Europe. And our gas boilers pump out twice as much carbon dioxide as all of the country’s pow...
Will living standards be frozen this winter?
Over 11m people have been furloughed in the last 16 months, and almost 6m are currently on universal credit. But over the next week, the government’s ...
Where did our immigration system come from?
This week a controversial deportation flight took off for Jamaica. Legal challenges meant that only a tenth of the 90 people due to be deported were o...
Fighting the climate crisis in the courts
With the COP26 global climate conference coming up later this year, we’re spending five episodes this series looking at pressing climate issues. In th...
Fast Fashion
With the COP26 global climate conference coming up later this year, we’re spending five episodes this series looking at pressing climate issues. In th...
How can we tackle the climate crisis while levelling up?
With the COP26 global climate conference coming up later this year, we’re spending five episodes this series looking at some of the biggest climate is...
A climate conversation between two generations
With the COP26 global climate conference coming up later this year, we’re going to spend five episodes this series looking at some of the biggest clim...
Greenwashing
With the COP26 global climate conference coming up later this year, we’re going to spend the next five episodes of the podcast looking at some of the ...
The Police Bill
Throughout the spring, hundreds of thousands of people across the country marched, signed petitions, and spoke out against the catchily-titled Police,...