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
Mar 9, 2026
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
Mar 6, 2026
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’?
Mar 4, 2026
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’
Mar 2, 2026
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
Feb 27, 2026
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)
Feb 25, 2026
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
Feb 23, 2026
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
Feb 20, 2026
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…
Feb 19, 2026
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...