To offset or not to offset? That is (not) the question
I've been musing on the recent furore at the SBTi over the role of offsets in Net Zero targets, where staff called for their CEO...
The best at Sustainability are the most…
Curious. I thought this thought while editing my interview with Tobias Webb last week. The theme that emerged was ‘learning by failing’, and failing either...
How to be an eco-entrepreneur with Tobias Webb
Tobias Webb of The Innovation Forum describes himself modestly as "a guy who tries to do some useful stuff", but in this interview he shows...
Why individual climate action matters
One of the great challenges of facilitating change for sustainability is the cognitive dissonance between "we need to take action" and "what I do is...
A pro-environment surge in the UK Local Elections?
For the last two months, I've been pounding the pavements in the local elections – for non-regular readers I'm a Liberal Democrat Councillor here in...
How do I get people to forget quick wins and focus on Sustainability stuff that matters?
This week on the Net Zero Business Podcast, I have another Q&A session, this time on the balance between step changes and incremental changes. The...
Wake Up to Climate Adaptation!
The climate is changing. Even if we stopped carbon emissions tomorrow, a certain amount of climate change is already locked into the system. And yet...
“Part of the transition” – another form of greenwash?
A pattern I have noticed recently is high carbon businesses defending themselves by saying they're a crucial "part of the transition to Net Zero." I've...
On the pod: Kit England on Climate Adaptation
As you can tell from the name, the Net Zero Business Podcast normally focusses on cutting carbon emissions, aka climate mitigation. But as any fule...
A dip into the green politics of Northern Ireland
I'm just back from a few days family reunion in Belfast. On Monday, my sister took us to lunch at Stormont, home of the Northern...