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The Cutting Edge The next crisis: “business-as-usual” will kill us all
In an exclusive new essay, the second of a monthly series, political scientist Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed argues that, despite official assurances to the contrary, current economic trends illustrate that the worst is yet to come. How much crisis can we take before we wake up and realise that business-as-usual is killing us?
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The End of the World As We Know It? The rise of the post-carbon era
In an exclusive new essay, political scientist Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed presents a dramatic picture of the world we're about to leave behind, and the new possibilities ahead. He argues that the age of Carbon is coming to a close, and only a concerted effort can prevent an impending crisis on a global scale.
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