“Ethical Markets is encouraged to see THE ECONOMIST facing up to climate change issues, but we don’t yet see their editorial board expanding its models of traditional economic theory or finance. The lowest-hanging fruit for direct CO2 capture is in shifting over-investment in freshwater agriculture on which our food now depends to saltwater crops, such as quinoa and the many other varieties that grow in 22 countries on degraded and desert lands and require no fertilizers or pesticides and offer complete proteins and minerals for human nutrition, as we report in our Green Transition Scoreboard® 2018.
We report that the shift to from meat to plant-based proteins and vegetarian diets is already producing many start-ups and investor groups , including FAIRR, with $7 trillion AUM.
~Hazel Henderson, Editor“
As lethal fires, heatwaves and drought spread across the northern hemisphere, analysis suggests that Europe’s sweltering summer would have been less than half as likely were it not for human-induced climate change. Despite efforts to curb global warming, greenhouse-gas emissions are rising. Investments in oil and gas are up; in renewables they have stalled. It is tempting to think these are temporary setbacks—that people, with their instinct for self-preservation, will muddle through to victory over climate change. In fact, mankind is losing the war
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief
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A man, no plan
Imran Khan spent two decades seeking power.
Now that he has it, how will he govern?
Asia
The Democratic Party
Splitting the difference in Georgia
Stacey Abrams does not just want to be the first black woman to become a governor. She also wants to change how Democrats campaign in the age of Trump
United States
Charlemagne
Cheer up, Deutschland
The biggest threat to Germany is its excessive pessimism
Europe
Free exchange
Homespun economics
The history of spinners’ wages at the start of the Industrial Revolution could shed light on the cause of today’s low productivity
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