Facing Up to Climate Reality: Honesty, Disaster and Hope, edited by John Foster
£13.99The book explores how transformative adaptation might enable us to confront escalating climate chaos while not giving up hope.
The Weaponization of Trade: The Great Unbalancing of Politics and Economics
£9.99Trade is being weaponized – and this isn’t good. As politicians on both sides of the Atlantic raise the stakes, trade is increasingly a tool of coercion to achieve strategic influence. This book looks at the risks for us all as trade becomes an instrument of foreign policy, and shows how politicians could turn things around.
Britain’s Cities, Britain’s Future
£9.99Why did Britain’s cities, once the engines of the industrial revolution, decline so severely? What needs to be done if our cities are once again to be the drivers of our economy? This book answers these questions, looking at the lessons of the last two hundred years.
A European Just Transition for a Better World
£21.50What kinds of policies does Europe need to make the green economic transition in an equitable way, ensuring that the rights of all are guaranteed in an inclusive society? And how does this translate into the divergent realities of different regions in Europe, and in the Global South? Published in association with the Green European Foundation.
Good To Go? Decarbonising Travel After the Pandemic
£16.99This book offers a comprehensive overview of the transport system. It looks at how it has developed, at how it will need to evolve to meet our need for travel – sustainably and economically – and at what our options are for meeting those needs.
Travel Fast or Smart? A Manifesto for an Intelligent Transport Policy
£9.99This book sets out the principles that could underpin a strategic policy for transport. Instead of focusing piecemeal on trying (and failing) to get from place to place ever faster, we need to think about how and where we want the economy to develop, and about how new the digital technologies can help achieve this.
Are Trams Socialist? Why Britain Has No Transport Policy
£9.99If you have ever wondered why the roads are congested, the trains are full and the buses are no longer running, this book provides the answers. The UK has never had a proper transport policy and it desperately needs one to address the twin challengers of getting people around cheaply and safely, while safeguarding the environment.
A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier
£9.99This book looks at the evidence for a successful politics that would promote happiness and health. It suggests policies that take account of this evidence. Government can and should work to make us happier.
The Climate Majority Project: Setting the Stage for a Mainstream, Urgent Climate Movement
£12.99If climate action remains marginal at this late hour, it will fail. In dismay at the inaction of governments, citizen groups are showing how people can use their real power and authentic voice to drive change. In the workplace, in politics and in local communities, people are stepping forward both to demand transformation and to make it happen.