External articles by Nafeez M Ahmed

'Green Economic Growth' Is a Myth

There are 'no realistic scenarios' to make the economic growth demanded by capitalism compatible with a safe climate, researchers who advised the United Nations found

SAGEGATE: Government Still Chasing ‘Long-Term Herd Immunity’ Through Recurrent Waves of COVID-19

Analysis of new documents from the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies shows that the quest for herd immunity, through several waves of the Coronavirus over a number of years, has not gone away

SAGEGATE – Part Three: Cummings and Johnson Defied Scientific Advisors by Lifting Restrictions Without Robust Track and Trace

The third part of Nafeez Ahmed’s investigation shows how public health was sacrificed to ideology as the lockdown was eased

SAGEGATE – Part Two: How Herd Immunity was Imposed on Government’s Science Advisory Group On Dominic Cummings’ Watch

Nafeez Ahmed investigates how the adoption of the outlandish policy, which would have led to half a million deaths, coincided with the presence of Boris Johnson’s controversial chief advisor

SAGEGATE – Part One: Treasury and Downing Street Advisors Delayed COVID-19 Lockdown

Nafeez Ahmed reveals how outside pressure weighed on SAGE to prioritise ‘supply chains’, the ‘wider economy’, ‘workforce’ and ‘business’

SAGEGATE: How Government Neutered Science to Save the Economy and Chase the Ghost of Herd Immunity

After a comprehensive investigation into five months of SAGE documents, Nafeez Ahmed arrives at some shocking findings

Europe must prepare for life after oil

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to leave the fossil fuel era behind. Europe needs to begin preparing for what comes next.

WHITEHALL ANALYTICA: THE AI SUPERSTATE Part Two – Is COVID-19 Fast-Tracking a Eugenics-Inspired Genomics Programme in the NHS?

Nafeez Ahmed explores the troubling implications and assumptions of the Government’s AI-driven gene programme

WHITEHALL ANALYTICA: THE AI SUPERSTATE Part One – The Corporate Money Behind Health Surveillance

The first part of Nafeez Ahmed’s major investigation into the money, men and motivation behind a massive move into medical data

In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, Europe must prepare for life after oil

The Light at the End

The pandemic is remaking who we are. It is an opening to a new world where our capacity to love each other is integral to our survival.

WHITEHALL ANALYTICA: Vote Leave Firm Tied to Cambridge Analytica ‘Configured’ NHSX Contact Tracing App

Nafeez Ahmed reveals how concerns around privacy and trust in the UK Government’s centralised COVID-19 tracing system are matched by doubts about its effectiveness

The Coronavirus Crisis: Government Anticipated More Than A Million COVID-19 Deaths But Refused to Take Action for Three Weeks

Nafeez Ahmed reveals how minutes from the NERVTAG estimated up to of 1,333,330 fatalities from the Coronavirus as far back as 21 February

This is hastening the end of the oil era

Crashing oil prices will wreak havoc, increasing the urgency of moving to renewable energy

Will Covid-19 end the age of Big Oil?

The Coronavirus Crisis: Documents Reveal Government and NERVTAG Breached Own Scientific Risk Assessment Guidance

Evidence investigated by Nafeez Ahmed and Rupert Read shows UK pandemic planning broke the ‘precautionary principle’

The pandemic may bring the fossil fuel era to an abrupt end

COVID-19 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Leaked Home Office Call Reveals Government wants Economy to ‘Continue Running’ as ‘We Will All Get’ COVID-19 Anyway

Nafeez Ahmed reports on Home Office private advice suggesting a ‘zombie herd immunity’ policy risking hundreds of thousands of deaths

Disaster Capitalism: Conservative Party Donor Cashes in on UK Government-made PPE Shortages Amidst COVID19 Crisis

Nafeez Ahmed reports on the new contract with the giant haulage firm whose executive chairman has donated nearly £1m to the Tories

The Coronavirus Crisis: Eight Week Suppression Strategy Could Stop COVID-19 in its Tracks, says Ex-WHO Director

Nafeez Ahmed speaks to Dr Anthony Costello about where the approach of the UK and US Governments to the Coronavirus pandemic is faltering and why both administrations have been relying too heavily on modelling

How coronavirus can be stopped in eight weeks

As America becomes the centre of the pandemic and health services around the world face disaster, former WHO chief Anthony Costello tells Nafeez Ahmed it’s not too late to regain control of the situation

The Coronavirus Crisis: Oxford Model Touting 'Herd Immunity' was Promoted by PR Agency Tied to Ministry of Defence and Nudge Unit

Nafeez Ahmed reports on the story behind a new study suggesting that nearly half of the UK population may already have been infected with the Coronavirus and claims that this could provide ‘herd immunity’

COVID-19 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION Part Three: Behavioural Scientists told Government to use ‘Herd Immunity’ to Justify Business-As-Usual

In the third part of his investigation, Nafeez Ahmed reveals how laissez-faire attitudes have hampered a proper response to the Coronavirus pandemic in the UK

COVID-19 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION Part Two: Government Documents Reveal Concern for ‘Economic’ and ‘Business’ Impacts Prevented Early Action

Nafeez Ahmed on evidence that Boris Johnson’s Government was more focused on saving money than lives when it came to issues such as school closures