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Quote: UK’s £22bn carbon capture pledge follows surge in lobbying by fossil fuel industry, records show

I was quoted in a Guardian article about the UK government’s approach to carbon capture and storage (CCS) and the power of the fossil fuel industry. Fossil fuel companies often have the engineering knowhow to build CCS projects, so the government naturally has to meet with them. But that might create a risk whereby theseContinue reading “Quote: UK’s £22bn carbon capture pledge follows surge in lobbying by fossil fuel industry, records show”

Interview: DeSmog, carbon capture and storage

I was interviewed by DeSmog as part of their investigation into lobbying by fossil fuel companies to influence government policy and carbon capture and storage. Read it here: https://www.desmog.com/2024/10/07/uks-22-billion-carbon-capture-pledge-follows-surge-in-lobbying-by-fossil-fuel-industry-records-show/.

Green Gathering: The Climate Blindspot – What Government Risk Assessments Miss

I spoke at the Green Gathering festival in summer 2024.

Keeping the UK Secure in a Climate-Changed World

I wrote an article for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on priorities for climate change and national security facing the incoming UK government, co-authored with Matt Ince, associate fellow at RUSI. The original article is here. — The new UK government faces a world being made more volatile by climate change. In response, theContinue reading “Keeping the UK Secure in a Climate-Changed World”

Quote: Bloomberg Green

I spoke with Olivia Rudgard at Bloomberg about the role of games in understanding and acting on climate risk. “Games are a great way to help those people, and wider society, grapple with the challenge to their imagination of something that has never happened before. The things that could happen if we don’t deal withContinue reading “Quote: Bloomberg Green”

Leadership in the climate and ecological crisis: UCL lecture

I gave a lecture at the 2024 Sustainability Leadership Conference at University College London.

Global Tipping Points Report 2023: Discussion with lead authors

The Global Tipping Points Report was launched on 6th December 2023 and provides an authoritative assessment of the risks and opportunities of both negative and positive tipping points in the Earth system and society. In this webinar several Section Leads presented key insights from this report. Speakers:

Global Tipping Points Report

I was an author and editor for a global assessment of Earth system tipping point risks. The report was co-authored by hundreds of colleagues around the world and led by the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter. It can be accessed here. Narrative summary Harmful tipping points in the natural world pose someContinue reading “Global Tipping Points Report”

Derailment risk: A systems analysis that identifies risks which could derail the sustainability transition

This paper was originally published in the Earth System Dynamics journal and was co-authored with Dr James Dyke and Joseph Evans 1 Introduction How will the effects of climate change, nature loss, and other environmental change impact our ability to tackle the causes of these problems? There is already a high demand on resources toContinue reading “Derailment risk: A systems analysis that identifies risks which could derail the sustainability transition”

Climate change as a national security threat

The hidden twin to Biden’s green economic agenda The Biden administration’s climate agenda is a watershed moment. The fiscal powerhouse of the American federal government is being mobilised to invest hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of dollars into accelerating the transition to a cleaner economy.1 This represents by far the most significant action on theContinue reading “Climate change as a national security threat”