Green Economics

Ai’s director, Ann Pettifor is a co-author of both the ground-breaking report ‘The Green New Deal’ and its sequel “Cuts won’t work” published by the New Economics Foundation in July, 2008, and November, 2009. She is a fellow of the new economics foundation, and a regular lecturer at Schumacher College in Devon.

As an adviser and director of the church-based climate change campaign, ‘Operation Noah’ Ann brings considerable experience of climate change advocacy and green economics to the company.

'Cutting the diamond' on climate change.

Ann Pettifor: 10th August 2010

How to mobilise public support for cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions? This is an issue, a ‘diamond  stone’ – that I and a group of British campaigners have spent a great deal of time analysing –  as we struggle to ‘cut’ or analyse the stone in a way that will reflect and illuminate the issues at the heart of this threat to human security. We need to do that if we are to inspire, unite and mobilise a a wide swathe of human society in support of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

The need is urgent.

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