Climate change is a headline issue in intergenerational justice, says Elle Maher, a BSc Mathematics student at the University of Bristol. Policy-makers need to consider environmental sustainability in order to ensure future intergenerational fairness
Can tree-planting mitigate climate change?
Tree-planting is often cited as the antidote to CO2 emissions. So is it just a question of planting more trees? Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, looks at the realities of this solution
OK Boomer!
“OK Boomer”, a simple retort against the Baby Boomer generation, is now more than an internet phenomenon. With the phrase garnering an ever-growing presence among Generation Z, IF placement Cameron Leitch investigates how the phrase has developed and what its popularity says about current intergenerational attitudes
Flight shame is not enough – only price changes behaviour
Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, argues that, if the cost of air travel was raised to reflect its true environmental damage, it would discourage air travel sufficiently to reduce that damage dramatically
When will Millennials reach life’s major milestones? (Part 2)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recently published a new piece of analysis which looks at the average ages at which people currently hit major milestones in life, such as having children. In the second of two blogs on this topic, David Kingman looks at how these are changing, and what this could mean… Read more »
When will Millennials reach life’s major milestones? (Part 1)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recently published a new piece of analysis which looks at the average ages at which people currently hit major milestones in life, such as having children. In the first of two blogs, David Kingman looks at how these are changing, and what this could mean for the Millennial… Read more »
Dear Boris, Here are 10 tips for reducing the UK’s carbon footprint…
IF Researcher Melissa Bui and Co-Founder Angus Hanton outline 10 steps that the Prime Minister can take to steer the UK towards its goal of carbon neutrality
Millennials are spending more on life’s essentials than previous generations
David Kingman explains the findings from IF’s most recent major piece of research
Rising sea levels: a new modelling approach
Last month, a study by Climate Central claimed that the number of people under threat by rising sea levels by 2050 is three times greater than previously understood. But there is reason to be optimistic: IF Junior Researcher Melissa Bui explains how a new modelling approach can help us understand how to best respond to… Read more »
IF Manifesto Audit 6: Pensions and Welfare
The main parties’ manifestos have abandoned intergenerational fairness in bid to win the grey vote, says IF Co-Founder Angus Hanton
