James Copestake blog: “Navigating the polycrisis” by Michael J. Albert: a review. | Centre for Development Studies (bath.ac.uk) “We can still learn much from Michael Albert’s book ‘Navigating the polycrisis’ even if our future may not progress from “neoliberal drift” to “neo-feudalism” via a “green Keynesian transition” followed by a “fossil fuelled backlash” – nor indeed in line with any of the seven scenarios he sketches out in this book.”

Asha’ Amirali blog:  Rethinking Renewables | Centre for Development Studies (bath.ac.uk) Why is renewable energy in the doldrums in Pakistan despite annual oil import bills of $27 billion? There are many explanations, but most common is the lack of finance. No one wants to invest.

Neil Howard blog: Billionaire backlash shows the power of basic income | Centre for Development Studies (bath.ac.uk) Neil Howard writes about how the success of basic income pilots in the US has scared the rich so much that they are rallying against more pilots. This piece was first published in Al Jazeera.

CDS sponsorship and participation (Yixian Sun, Aurelie Charles and their PhD student Muhammad Faisal Sharif) at the GlobalGoals2024 conference on the future of the SDGs, the conference statement of which went to the UN Summit of the future in New York in September : (5) GLOBALGOALS2024: Posts | LinkedIn