Category Archives: Speaking

I spoke with Charlie Cooper at Politico about how governments should be ‘thinking the unthinkable’ on climate risk, including tipping points. Read it here: https://www.politico.eu/article/wanted-climate-early-warning-system-for-the-end-of-the-world/.

I was interviewed by David Vetter at Forbes about risks to the insurance industry from climate change. You can read the article here. “Because insurance impacts are mounting and because we don’t have an insurance system built for the way that climate change is evolving, this dynamic is only going to get much worse,” LaybournContinue reading “Interview: Costs Pile Up As Climate Change Adds $600 Billion In Insurance Losses”

I was interviewed by Andrew Parry, Head of Investments at J O Hambro Capital Management and Regnant, on the Organising the Future podcast. We talked about how climate change pose a threat to national security, the cascading impacts of climate change on global systems, and why current economic models are inadequate for assessing risks.

I spoke with Alex at Radio Ecoshock about climate tipping points and the blind spots in government risk assessments. You can listen to the interview here: https://www.ecoshock.org/2024/11/amoc-freezing-europe-more-likely-despite-global-heating.html.

Dr James Dyke (University of Exeter) and I led a workshop at TED Countdown in Brussels. The majority of climate scientists no longer believe we can limit warming to 1.5°C  and efforts to do so now depend on the concept of overshoot, which is increasingly relying on carbon removal to lower temperatures by 2100. WhatContinue reading “TED Countdown: 1.5° Overshoot – risks and new dilemmas”

I spoke with Ben Cooke about the blind spots in how governments assess climate risks, with a particular focus on the potential collapse of the circulations in the Atlantic Ocean. Read it here: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/amoc-collapse-shutdown-climate-change-times-earth-lps5532hd.

I spoke with Andrew Marr about the blind spots in our understanding of climate risks, including the potential collapse of circulations in the Atlantic Ocean. Watch it here: https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/andrew-marr/tonight-with-andrew-marr-16-10-24-watch-again/.

I was interviewed by Jen Mills for the UK’s Metro newspaper about blind spots in national security assessment and planning on climate risk and how to respond, including the risks posed by the potential collapse of circulations in the Atlantic Ocean. Read is here: https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/09/uk-flying-blind-towards-looming-risk-caused-little-ice-age-21750928/.

I was quoted in an article in the UK’s Farmers Weekly on threats to food security from escalating climate risk – and the blind spots in how governments assess and manage these risks. The article is here: https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/uk-climate-report-warns-of-food-security-risks-and-national-threats.

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”