Category Archives: Writing

Coverage: The Guardian

The Overshoot podcast was featured in the Guardian‘s best podcasts of the week. “This thoughtful series…explores what happens now that we are on track for the world’s temperature to rise by more than 1.5°C…Tough but crucial listening.” – Alexi Duggins

Derailment doom loops and Trump as the first post-1.5°C president | New Climate Reality

Another example of how the consequences of climate change impact our ability to tackle its causes No one should be surprised that climate change played a role in the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. What remains to be seen is whether this tragedy will spur action to stem the spiraling climate crisis. The prospects for that do notContinue reading “Derailment doom loops and Trump as the first post-1.5°C president | New Climate Reality”

Coverage: Planetary Solvency – finding our balance with nature

The latest report from the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) – ‘Planetary Solvency: finding our balance with nature’ – covers our work on derailment risk. This report considers the risks to the global economic outputs from climate breakdown and ecological collapse—concluding we could be at risk of a a 50% loss in GDPContinue reading “Coverage: Planetary Solvency – finding our balance with nature”

Could the consequences of climate change frustrate our ability to tackle its causes?

I wrote an article on what derailment risk means for financial institutions for the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFOA), co-authored with Ben Shread-Hewitt, the researcher at the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative. The original article is here. — For over a year, Zambia has been suffering its worst drought in a century. In a climate-changedContinue reading “Could the consequences of climate change frustrate our ability to tackle its causes?”