Author Archives: Laurie

Rachel and I had a chat about the opportunities in crisis moments throughout history. We explored how our current fiscal ideologies, including our relationship to debt, impedes necessary climate action around the world whilst hobbling the global south’s capacity to respond to increasing catastrophes.

I spoke on Talk TV about the energy crisis and the win-win-win-win-win of insulation.

I spoke with the Pakistani news broadcaster about how climate impacts in one place have consequences further afield.

I tried to explain how becoming less dependent on deadly and volatile fossil fuels can benefit us all.

I spoke to the Social Guarantee about how collective services are more sustainable.

We spoke about, you guessed it, fracking.

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

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.

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”