Policy area: Economics

Reports

Financing an inclusive circular economy

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at de-risking investments for circular business models and the SDGs. The circular economy is a key part of global efforts to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Circular economy activities aim to reduce overconsumption, design-out waste and restore and regenerate ecosystems and natural capital. However,...

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Community wealth building: a history

This transcript from UK think tank CLES looks at how community wealth building has advanced in the past decade. Over the course of the last decade, community wealth building has advanced, what was once a marginal sport is now a widely-adopted corrective to a failing economic model. To celebrate this flourishing movement, CLES has produced...

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Fairness and opportunity

This report from UK think tank IPPR is the final report of the Environmental Justice Commission. The Environmental Justice Commission was established in May 2019 in recognition that action to address the accelerating climate and nature emergencies can be about more than staving off the worst; it can be about imagining a better world which...

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Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2021

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies looks at how household incomes were changing in the UK up to the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report examines how household incomes were changing in the UK up to the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how other measures of household living...

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