STWR - Share The World's Resources

A swelling global population, changing diets and mankind's expanding “water footprint” could be bringing an end to the era of cheap water, according to The World's Water 2008-2009 report by the Pacific Institute.

Keynes is back in fashion, but his policies did not give to the state - at all levels - the leading role in investment that is now necessary. What is required is a radical rebalancing of relations between economic and social power, led by democratised state institutions, says Stuart Holland.

The World Bank's proposals for a host of social protection measures following the economic crisis are mainly concerned with fostering some level of legitimacy in a teetering system, while continuing the "super-exploitation" of the poor in developing countries, argues Reihana Mohideen.

Governments are persuading banks to lend us money again by providing astronomical financial bailouts, despite increased lending causing the crisis in the first place. Isn't it time we considered some economic alternatives? By George Monbiot.

The US must take the lead to avert eco-disaster, and President Obama's administration is the last chance to avoid climate catastrophe says the 'grandfather of climate change', James Hansen. Interview by Robin McKie. 

Mass public support and 'new ways of living' will be needed to save the global climate, and emissions of carbon dioxide will actually need to ‘go negative' during the second half of this century if targets are to be reached, according to State of the World 2009 released by the Worldwatch Institute. 

The evolution of the internet to embrace interactive platforms has led to an increase in 'second generation' social movements. But what are social movements 2.0? And can the internet help concerned global citizens to mobilise for collective action in the political arena? By Brendan Smith et al.

The UK Government's decision to allow a third runway at Heathrow Airport makes a mockery of politician's claims that they are serious about climate change. At first test the UK Government has succumbed to the lobbying power of the aviation industry and reverted to policies of 'concrete and calamity.'

What's been lost over the last three decades is only now becoming clear: the very notion of career, job security, and now the tearing-up of company pension obligations - a historic step backwards - that has aroused barely a ripple of objection. It's time to get angry, says Simon Caulkin.

Media outlets in the US and Europe have viewed the popular movement that brought Bolivian president Evo Morales to power as the precursor to a dangerous civil war. But Bolivian democratic politics can offer a model to Britain and beyond, argue Samual Grove and Pablo Navarrete.