By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
It is widely assumed that the ongoing migration of rural peoples to mega-cities all over the world will help reduce humanity’s per-capita energy footprint, while giving people a higher standard of living and accelerating energy transition.
By Chris Smaje, Small Farm Future
Might it be time for policymakers to start thinking about ways of trimming back the hyperdevelopment of large cities like London in service of wider interests?
By Erik Curren, Transition Voice
It’s a staple of summer disaster flicks: the scene of a panicked populace trying to get the hell out of Dodge.
By Bruce Stutz, Yale Environment 360
As economic activity and populations continue to expand in coastal urban areas, particularly in Asia, hundreds of trillions of dollars of infrastructure, industrial and office buildings, and homes are increasingly at risk from intensifying storms and rising sea levels.