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IMAGE: Benjamin K Sovacool, Professor of Energy Policy in the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex Business School. view more
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The hidden social, environmental and health costs of the world s energy and transport sectors is equal to more than a quarter of the globe s entire economic output, new research from the University of Sussex Business School and Hanyang University reveals.
According to analysis carried out by Professor Benjamin K. Sovacool and Professor Jinsoo Kim, the combined externalities for the energy and transport sectors worldwide is an estimated average of $24.662 trillion - the equivalent to 28.7% of global Gross Domestic Product.
Whatâs agriculture got to do with a âgreenâ Brexit?
Whilst Brexit has created major societal upheaval, it has illuminated issues that were brewing far in advance of its arrival. This is especially true in the agriculture sector. Brexit was presented as an opportunity to revise certain agricultural policies that facilitate ecological breakdown, but it has also provoked a critical examination of neoconservative policies and their relationship with ecological discourses and practice. Seeming to recognise the ecological impacts of the EU Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), the UK government has shifted away from the subsidy scheme which rewarded farmers largely based on land size. The EU system has been critiqued for disadvantaging smaller-scale farmers, and for encouraging a harmful extractivist approach to EU food production which has degraded the rural landscapes the British countryside. I spent the last year researching the ways in which the nationalist populist campaign
Why the University of Sussex has become a top study destination for Bangladeshi students thedailystar.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thedailystar.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Muhammad is working to spread awareness of mental health in his local community through his project Meraki.
Muhammad on the right, beside his friend Amna.
Muhammad s story
Muhammad came to the University of Sussex Business School in 2016 for his Masters degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Since returning to his hometown Karachi in Pakistan, he has partnered up with his friend Amna to spread awareness of mental health in his local community. Together, they have created and marketed
Meraki - a self-help journal that helps start discussions about mental health and improves wellbeing.
What made you choose the University of Sussex Business School?