Transformers: the hidden workhorses of Net Zero with Ayah Alfawaris
If we didn't have transformers on our electricity grid to step up and step down voltages then we would get nothing out of it; everything...
As gas prices soar again, are renewables really ‘unpredictable’?
It's hard to think about anything other than the crisis in the Gulf (I tried, reader, but I failed). The main domestic manifestation is a...
Conflict, Energy Security and the ‘Paradox of Plenty’
Following the US/Israeli attack on Iran on Friday, shipping through the Straits of Hormuz has ground to halt as Iran and its proxies hit back...
Learn to Love Offsetting: Rule 9 of 10 for Corporate Sustainability
Last year I published 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability to mark the 200th edition of The Low Carbon Agenda (yes, that’s 200…). The ebook is...
More low carbon signal, less noise in Washington (the original one)
This morning I was at the Washington Business Centre, in the middle of the town's sprawling automotive industrial estate, judging entries for the North East...
Lend me your ears! Ozone, climate change and Donald Trump
I now have a bit less ear than I woke up with on Friday morning. Later that day, a friendly and highly professional bunch of...
Turning Trauma into Purpose with Stuart Green
In 2017, Stuart Green suffered the kind of loss we all dread. His wife Mia, a human rights and environmental lawyer, was brutally murdered by...
AI and Net Zero: I have thoughts…
Back in 1993, I coded a recurrent neural network as my final year degree project (the only part of my finals where I got a...
Change-making or box-ticking? Sustainability doesn’t have to be a grind
I was bemused last week by a light-hearted post on LinkedIn listing the rights of passage of junior Sustainability professionals - eg "Sending out 700...
The State of the Sustainability Profession with Sarah Mukherjee, CEO of ISEP
Given the Net Zero Business Podcast is aimed at sustainability professionals, I thought it was about time we looked at the state of the profession...