James Farrow asks: To what extent does reforesting the planet combat climate change?

To reforest is to simply “replant with trees; cover again with forest”. The topic has been revitalised by the social media movement #TeamTrees. This was started in May 2019 when the internet challenged a Youtuber known as “MrBeast” to plant 20 million trees after hitting 20 million subscribers. To complete this task, he teamed up […]

Andy Kot blogs an economical analysis of climate change in both English AND Chinese

Climate change, and society’s response to it, presents risks that could impact our monetary and financial stability objectives. Financial and economic risks can arise from events such as floods and droughts, e.g. insurance firms facing higher claims. Risks can also arise in the transition to a low-carbon economy, like changes in government policy and technology. […]

Scarlet Todd offers solutions to climate change

My solutions to climate change Climate change is a hot topic now, in fact literally. With invasive rising sea levels, droughts, extreme weather and increasing numbers of natural disasters people are starting to feel on edge. The biggest culprit leading to the accelerating baking of our earth is the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. An article […]

Millie Durrands explains narrative economics.

Narrative Economics On 6th September I travelled to the London School of Economics for a lecture by Professor Robert Shiller entitled ‘Narrative Economics’.  Professor Shiller is a highly respected economist and best-selling author. He was an early pioneer of behavioural economics, won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2013, and is currently Sterling Professor of […]

Washington Blog/Vlog Post 2: Congress, Lincoln and singing!

“Here are a few videos and pictures of our time in Washington.  What a time we had.” Edward Wurr Link 1 – What we made of Congress: Washington Video 1 Link 2 – Students Singing: Stamford Boys Singing the Blues! Link 3 – Students Walking Quickly: We are walking quickly Mr Tuck! Link 4 – […]