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Panel: Jeremy Kyle, Talk TV

We spoke about, you guessed it, fracking.

Interview: Talk TV on water companies

I spoke about how the privatised water system is failing us.

Panel: Trying to have a ‘discussion’ with David Starkey

He thinks that in ‘tribal societies…you cannot have a modern, developed economy’ and that we can’t allow modern medicine to go into such societies as they will then have a larger population, which they will fail to sustain.

Event: Beyond ‘Hopeium’ and ‘Doomism’, Chatham House

As part of London Climate Action Week (LCAW), I chaired a fantastic panel that explored how to maintain focus and attention on reducing emissions even as horrifying climate impacts grow, featuring: Nina Jess, Schwarzman Academy Fellow, Environment and Society Programme, Chatham House Dr Jesse Reynolds, Executive Secretary, Global Commission on Governing Risks from Climate OvershootContinue reading “Event: Beyond ‘Hopeium’ and ‘Doomism’, Chatham House”

Event: Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Part of an event on “Governing in the climate crisis: how should future leaders prepare?”, I explored how the environmental crisis is creating a more chaotic – or ‘turbulent’ – world, what challenge that poses for the sustainability transition, and how emerging leaders need to be supported in their journey to senior leadership under theseContinue reading “Event: Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford”

Event: Faculty for a Future launch

I joined the launch event for this new organisation to talk about complex, cascading risks.

Incredibly, current climate pledges could keep heating below 2C – but our work isn’t over

The battle to get countries and companies to sign up to net zero is being won. Now let’s keep pushing for more ambitious targets The climate crisis is often seen in binary terms. Precise temperature targets – limiting global heating to 1.5C or 2C – imply decisive moments of victory or loss. Headlines warn thatContinue reading “Incredibly, current climate pledges could keep heating below 2C – but our work isn’t over”

Heat pumps and tipping points: Weaning the world off Russian energy

For years, climate activists have called for a war-like mobilization to drive a rapid transition to clean energy. Today, these demands have taken on a new urgency: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a relentless demonstration of just how much fossil fuels threaten the world’s shared security. The brutality of Russia’s military, the Kremlin’s leverage over NATO,Continue reading “Heat pumps and tipping points: Weaning the world off Russian energy”

COP26 and Health: Some Progress, But Too Slow and Not Enough

Richard Smith and I reflected on how health and climate change were dealt with at COP26. The article can be accessed here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8967474/

Interview: #Britain Debrief with Ben Judah, Atlantic Council

Ben and I had a chat about how fossils fuels fuel Putin and the climate crisis, both of which are drivers of global insecurity, and what we can do the tackle them simultaneously.