Climate change is making debt more expensive – new study: Ned Snowman/Shutterstock Earth is overheating due to the greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. This is “the biggest market failure the world has seen” according to economist Nicholas Stern. The rational behaviour of companies that pollute by making profitable commodities, and consequences of most …
Stem cell therapies: why they’re expensive, unproven and often dangerous: Rogue clinics selling stem cell therapies are popping up everywhere. There are thousands of them around the world, and they claim to be able to cure everything from autism to cerebral palsy. The highest concentration of stem cell therapy clinics is in the US, Mexico, …
University is expensive – how a mid-course work placement can help with costs and careers: fizkes/Shutterstock Students are struggling financially. A 2022 survey from the Office for National Statistics found that half of students in England felt they were were facing financial difficulties, and that one-quarter of students had borrowed more to cope with the …
Dogs and cats can be expensive – five ways to save money on pet care as the cost of living rises: Some pet owners are facing heartbreaking choices due to rising prices. Budimir Jevtic/Shutterstock For anyone with a pet, you’ll know how much happiness they can bring to your life. Pets are part of the …
Climate change: the fairest way to tax carbon is to make air travel more expensive: A tiny minority flies more than once a year. ImYanis/Shutterstock Despite the fact that poorer people generally have lower emissions, taxes on the carbon dioxide (CO?) our activities emit tend to affect people on low incomes more than richer people. …
‘Decarbonisation is too expensive’ – how to sell climate change action to bean counters: Scharfsinn/Shutterstock The three most prevalent myths about tackling climate change allege that transitioning to renewable energy jacks up household bills, requires massive amounts of government subsidy and creates mass unemployment. These concerns are all (thankfully) false. With fellow academics, I studied …
Gas prices: as cooking fuels become more expensive, people are turning to dirtier alternatives: One consequence of the meteoric rise in the price of fossil gas has been that cooking meals is now much more expensive. In the UK, food bank users declined potatoes as they couldn’t afford to boil them. In Germany, increased heating …
Curious Kids: what are NFTs – and why are they so expensive?: shutterstock What is the purpose of making NFTs and what makes some of them so costly? – Tanvi, aged 16, Delhi, India An NFT is a technology that proves who the owner of a digital object is. This digital object could be a song, …
Energy strategy: expensive nuclear power push ignores chance to cut costs of UK’s electricity system: The high global gas price has quadrupled the wholesale energy price for consumers across the UK over the last six months, with those on default tariffs paying by direct debit likely to see their average annual bill rise by £693, …
Energy bills: why yours is now so expensive, and where all the money goes: Energy prices in the UK have soared thanks to a big rise in the price cap for domestic customers set by regulator Ofgem. This follows a smaller increase in the price cap in October 2021. The NGO National Energy Action estimates …
IVF add-ons: why you should be cautious of these expensive procedures if you’re trying to conceive: Some people may consider IVF add-ons with the hope of improving their chances of having a baby. Photographee.eu/ Shutterstock While in-vitro fertilisation has significantly improved the chances of helping people with fertility problems start a family, it’s still only …
Fast grocery deliveries are likely to get more expensive – here’s why: Tricky_Shark/Shutterstock COVID rapidly accelerated the overall trend towards internet ordering of all retail sales with UK online purchases approaching 30% in 2021. With a strong trend towards home delivery this has also created an opportunity for “quick” grocery delivery services via apps such …
Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change – new research: Colombia's coffee region: the country could lose two thirds of its best coffee-growing land. Javier Crespo / shutterstock The world could lose half of its best coffee-growing land under a moderate climate change scenario. Brazil, which is the currently world’s largest …
Checkpoint ‘taxes’ make South Sudan one of the most expensive places to move goods: Checkpoint in rural South Sudan. This has been set up by government security forces. iStock /Getty Images Plus When South Sudan became independent 10 years ago, oil revenues were supposed to fuel the economy of the world’s newest country. But shortly …
Why food is more expensive today than for most of modern history: Curioso.Photography/Shutterstock Global food prices shot up nearly 33% in September 2021 compared with the same period the year before. That’s according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)‘s monthly Food Price Index, which also found that global prices have risen by more …
Jackson Hole: the world’s central bankers have plenty to discuss after such an expensive pandemic: The world’s central bankers won’t be riding into town to save the world this year. Their annual gathering in the US, at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is taking place online due to COVID-19. But with major economies starting to revive, the …
South Africa in the news: Climate crisis policy: South Africa’s rocky and expensive road to a just transition: Increased climate finance is necessary for South Africa to actualise climate crisis policy ambitions, especially so considering just transition is at the centre of climate adaptation in the country …: “South Africa” – BingNews New Zealand Apologizes …
The ‘most expensive drug in the world’, how it works and the devastating disease it treats: Spinal muscula atrophy causes muscle wasting and loss of control, usually starting in infancy. Orthopedia/Codman Group, CC BY-NC-SA Babies born with the rare, inherited motor neuron disease spinal muscular atrophy are, without treatment, unlikely to reach their second birthday. …