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Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole sets out an ambitious agenda for the role of the economist as a positive force for good in society.
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How To End The Tyranny Of Oil
KCL Chair of Philosophy and Law, Leif Wenar issues an urgent appeal to citizens and leaders to create a more ethical and peaceful future for all.
Musician & Activist Neil Young with the RSA's Matthew Taylor
Matthew Taylor speaks with Neil Young about his stance on music, authenticity, innovation, democracy and the environment and how they braid together in his work over the decades.
David Attenborough & Tim Flannery on Climate Change
In the lead-up to ‘last chance’ negotiations at COP21, renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough and explorer and conservationist Tim Flannery put their heads together on this era-defining issue.
Publications
Our new climate change report examines the claim that if we want to limit planetary warming to levels deemed acceptable, the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel industry has to be accelerated.
Our report suggests that climate change is not about 'the environment', it's a problem with seven main dimensions: Science, Behaviour, Technology, Culture, Law, Economy and Democracy.
Acting on climate change is a moral imperative, but effective action depends on a fuller grasp of the complexity of the problem.
This project features a rare study of taxi drivers in their working habitats, and presents wider lessons about the challenges of efficient fuel use in the context of rising energy prices and climate change. However you conceiv ...
Articles & Blogs
In the wake of a devastating hurricane season, Adanna Shallowe, Senior Manager - RSA Global , talks about climate change and its effect on small island states.
The CO2 emissions of the richest countries have far reaching implications for the environment, and the poorest suffer the most. Hear from Andrew Bizzotto on why and how this has to change.
For the final challenge of the Citizens’ Economic Council, we’re crowdsourcing your ideas on how we can shift the incentives within our economy to meet the needs of tomorrow.
With the help of RSA Fellow John Anderson, a school in Bradford is becoming a solar beacon in the area
Projects
The emerging view of human nature is radically different from the past, but have we used what we have learned about our brains, behaviour and biases in recent years? The Social Brain Centre focuses on three principle aspects ...
We need to reimagine the world's toughest problem. Climate change is not about 'the environment', it's about Science, Behaviour, Technology, Culture, Law, Economy and Democracy.
Developed by the East of England Fellowship, this challenge is designed to give mechanical and multi-disciplinary students, undergraduate and apprentices around the world an opportunity to create new designs that harness ...
Events
Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole sets out an ambitious agenda for the role of the economist as a positive force for good in society.
Hear from two internationally renowned economists on how to generate the scale of investment needed to deliver the Government’s ambitious plans to decarbonise Scotland and reinvigorate its productive economy.
- Fellow Event
RSA Brighton Sustainability Event: Resilience & Hope in Action ...
Wednesday 8th November 2017 at 18:00
The Brighthelm Centre, Brighton
Join local Fellows and colleagues to take informed action in achieving the UN Sustainability Development Goals by 2030.
KCL Chair of Philosophy and Law, Leif Wenar issues an urgent appeal to citizens and leaders to create a more ethical and peaceful future for all.