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on global justice, climate change, cricket, living in Winchester and other trials of patience

Tag: complex systems

The elusive nexus of complexity and principles

Owen Barder’s lecture about complexity and development raises questions about UK development policy and the role of sustainability in complexity theory.

Published February 10, 2013
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged complex systems, development, UK

News of climate change media death is greatly exaggerated

News media coverage of climate change issues dropped sharply again during 2011. Coverage in major US TV networks is now almost non-existent. But are we missing something here?

Published January 6, 2012
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged climate change media, complex systems

Climate adaptation or recycled development?

Climate change adaptation plans in developing countries often appear very similar to conventional development programmes. Could this become a source of confusion for donors?

Published April 11, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beta, climate adaptation, complex systems, food security
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Editor of Tread Softly briefings on global justice. Involved with local renewable energy, Hampshire Hogs Cricket, Winchester Poetry Festival and City of Winchester Trust. Still playing fives and real tennis. Views my own. Please respect copyright.

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Heaviness of being. And poetry
Sluggish in the doldrums of what happens.
Me waiting until I was nearly fifty
To credit marvels. Like the tree-clock of tin cans
The tinkers made. So long for air to brighten,
Time to be dazzled and the heart to lighten.

Seamus Heaney, from Seeing Things