Car-free experiment – year 3 update
I suddenly realised that it is a full 3 years since I sold my car. Living 20 minutes' walk from the city centre, working from...
The low carbon transition won’t be smooth and it might be more sudden than you think
My first role in Sustainability, albeit unpaid, was as a Voluntary Officer at the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, leading practical conservation tasks. Most of...
Top Sustainability Trends for 2026 with Andrew Griffiths, PlanetMark
This week on the pod, I chew over many of the big issues in Sustainability with Andrew Griffiths, Director of Policy at PlanetMark. Amongst many...
Money talks… even in Sustainability
On Tuesday, I hosted a meeting of our Sustainability Leadership Roundtable on the theme of financing Sustainability. The mindmap I compiled of our discussion is...
What an opportunity to drive decarbonisation and energy security
So we're into week 2 of the US/Israeli attack on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz is still blockaded. Oil and gas prices are continuing...
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...