The benefits of a circular economy

In late 2011 Green Alliance's Reinventing the wheel made recommendations to government on improving the UK's resource security through a more circular economy, an idea which is catching hold abroad.

To discuss the ideas behind this report, our Building resilience conference with the CBI in December, featured presentations from Vince Cable, secretary of state for business, innovation and skills,the EU environment commissioner, Janez Potočnik, and leading businesses.

See also on our blog: Why businesses need incentives for resource security

Why we need a new politics of energy

This Green Alliance pamphlet by Rebecca Willis and Nick Eyre suggests that we need to refocus our energy system and reassess what we are using energy for.

Demanding less: why we need a new politics of energy

See also comment by Rebecca Willis 'Energy debate must consider demand - not just supply' on guardian.co.uk

Is localism delivering?

Why are two thirds of local authorities either backing off or not taking any action on climate change? At a time when local action is arguably more important than ever, our research reveals the extent of current activity and explores the potential of new structures under the government's localism agenda.

Is localism delivering for climate change? 

Vacancies

We are advertising two senior roles - head of sustainable business and a senior policy adviser to lead our new resource stewardship theme. To find out more, see our vacancies page.

Head of sustainable business and senior policy adviser positions.