Brett Christophers
Brett Christophers is a professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, where he is affiliated with the Institute for Housing and Urban Research. He is known for his critical analysis of capitalism and its impact on social and environmental issues, particularly in relation to housing and urban development. Christophers is the author of 'The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet,' which critiques the limitations of market-based solutions to climate change.
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The academic Brett Christophers has argued that it’s not the cost of renewables projects that prevents them from being built, but the thin profit margins involved.
Canada’s former climate minister on making a change, ‘aloof’ Trudeau and sexism | Environment
United Kingdom· 2025-10-08
Brett Christophers found that when Blackstone acquired and renovated homes across Stockholm, it increased rents on some of the homes by up to 50%.
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It’s a political timebomb | Tim WhiteUnited Kingdom· 2025-07-07
Brett Christophers is a professor at Uppsala University, expressing concerns about the effectiveness of legal action in combating climate change.
Is legal action our best hope for holding back the climate crisis? | Climate crisisUnited Kingdom· 2025-04-08
Brett Christophers is a professor in the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Sweden’s Uppsala University and author of The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet.
BP dropping its green ambitions is a travesty. But that’s exactly how capitalism works | Brett ChristophersUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-04
