World leaders will be glad to see the back of another year of complex problems. The pandemic and its impact on health, the knock-on effects on labour markets and the recent surges in demand for goods as restrictions have eased are huge problems that together have disrupted the delicate choreography of global trade. Meanwhile, a summer ofContinue reading “How can future leaders prepare for an environmentally-destabilized world?”
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Event: How can future leaders prepare for an environmentally-destabilized world?
At this Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator event, I was joined by an excellent panel to discuss the huge challenges facing future leaders and what we can do about it: Ana Yang, Executive Director, Sustainability Accelerator, Chatham House May Boeve, Executive Director, 350.org Dr Kate Guy, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State Gadir Lavadenz, Global Coordinator, CBD Alliance Dr DanielContinue reading “Event: How can future leaders prepare for an environmentally-destabilized world?”
Making change: What works? (IPPR)
Movements change the world. Throughout history, loosely organised networks of individuals and organisations have sought changes to societies – and won. From the abolitionist struggle and campaigns for voting rights to #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, the impact of movements can be seen everywhere. Over the last year, IPPR and the Runnymede Trust have sought to understandContinue reading “Making change: What works? (IPPR)”
Interview: Nigel Farage, GB News on COP26
I spoke with Nigel Farage on GB News about the importance of COP26 and how these years are the crunch time for climate action.
Interview: Nigel Farage, GB News on gas prices and climate change
I spoke with Nigel Farage on GB News about gas prices, how the green transition will mean we’ll become less reliant on high prices, and how government could have insulated homes and made us less reliant already.
Interview: Olive Oil Times
I was interviewed by Paolo DeAndreis at the Olive Oil Times about the joint editorial from 200+ health journals on climate change, of which I was a co-author. Read the interview here: https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/world/editors-from-200-health-journals-warn-climate-change-is-creating-global-health-crises/98679.
Coverage: joint editorial from 200+ health journals on climate change
On Monday 6th September 2021, 229 health journals from across the world began publishing an editorial calling for world leaders to take emergency action to transform societies and limit climate change, restore biodiversity, and protect health. I was a co-author and coordinated the editorial. It is likely unprecedented across three dimensions: never have so many journalsContinue reading “Coverage: joint editorial from 200+ health journals on climate change”
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health
Wealthy nations must do much more, much faster Lukoye Atwoli, Editor in Chief, East African Medical Journal; Abdullah H. Baqui, Editor in Chief, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition; Thomas Benfield, Editor in Chief, Danish Medical Journal; Raffaella Bosurgi, Editor in Chief, PLOS Medicine; Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief, The BMJ; Stephen Hancocks, Editor in Chief, British Dental Journal; Richard Horton,Continue reading “Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health”
Interview: Nigel Farage, GB News on the IPCC report
I spoke with Nigel Farage on GB News about the IPCC’s latest report and how it’s a ‘code red’ for humanity.
Fairness and opportunity: A people-powered plan for the green transition (IPPR)
The final report of our Environmental Justice Commission The Environmental Justice Commission was established in May 2019 in recognition that action to address the accelerating climate and nature emergencies can be about more than staving off the worst; it can be about imagining a better world which we can build together. To realise this visionContinue reading “Fairness and opportunity: A people-powered plan for the green transition (IPPR)”
Laurie Laybourn 