Narrative Archive

Noam Chomsky shares thoughts ahead of his session for Progressive International’s Summit 2020. Nuclear war, climate change, crumbling democracy – not good news for the doomsday clock.

Lauch article of the Long Crisis Network

Forum for the Future's take on the trajectories we face, based on extensive research and their ‘signals of change’ work.

"Imperative 21 is driving a RESET from shareholder primacy to stakeholder capitalism, which creates shared wellbeing on a healthy planet. The stewards of the Imperative 21 network – include: B Lab (certifier of B Corporations), The B Team, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP), Common Future, Conscious Capitalism, The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), JUST Capital, and Participant."

Framed for the tech/VC audience, this piece stakes a claim that this transformational moment will take us into the third age of humanity: ‘The Age of Freedom’.

A revealing look at global attitudes to climate action. “In the UK, less than 40% felt strongly that the poor would bear the brunt”.

“A new 7-country report...on the impacts of COVID-19 on trust, social cohesion, democracy and expectations for an uncertain future.” Including guidance on framing the recovery.

“The belief that ‘we are all in it together’ is more important than other factors in explaining why the UK public has complied with lockdown measures so far, early data suggests.”

Assessing the value-action gap on climate action, referencing data from the last decade up to now, with implications for climate action post-Covid-19.

Research from Tax Justice UK finding strong cross-party support for taxing the wealthy and cracking down on avoidance, but also found that people see accumulating wealth as a moral good.

NUS researching showing that students think “climate change is as serious a risk as COVID-19” and “support prioritisation of climate change in the economic recovery after the pandemic.”

The results of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Green New Deal’s ‘Reset’ inquiry, which heard from over 57,000 people.