Can we have the promised “presumption in favour of sustainable development”?
On Monday, I gave a guest lecture on the UK Planning system to civil engineering students at Durham University. Having served on Newcastle Council’s Planning...
Flight of fantasy: why Rachel Reeves has it wrong on Heathrow
Jan 27, 2025
This week, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) is expected to announce that the long debated third runway at Heathrow will get the...
Business Leadership & Sustainability: Head, Heart & Hands with Profs Julia Binder & Knut Haanaes
Jan 24, 2025
This week on the Net Zero Business Podcast, I'm joined by the two editors/lead authors on a new book 'Leading the Sustainable Business Transformation', Prof...
Winning or losing in the low carbon transition
Jan 23, 2025
I must admit I've got a bit obsessive recently about the market disruption required for the low carbon transition. It's a simple, but oft ignored,...
Has the climate battle been Trumped? The choice is ours…
Jan 21, 2025
So this morning a large orange cloud hovers over the future of the planet. As predicted, Donald Trump used his inaugural address yesterday to withdraw...
Why Sustainability WILL survive Trump, welcoming the ESG backlash and the Batman paradox – John Friedman
Jan 17, 2025
So we are on the cusp of the second inauguration of Donald Trump, an event which brings staggering levels of uncertainty to a huge number...
On Demand: 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2025
Jan 15, 2025
Yesterday I hosted the annual taster for Net Zero Business Academy, 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2025. If you'd like to give it a...
Three takeaways from the Los Angeles wildfires
Jan 13, 2025
The fires raging across the suburbs of Los Angeles have caught the attention of the world media in a way that all the other wild...
Adapt or die: why decarbonisation is no longer enough to save us with Rupert Read
Jan 10, 2025
This post goes live as wildfires ravage Los Angeles, parts of the UK are clearing up after floods and we're all still traumatised by the...
Does the ‘Net Zero backlash’ mean we are winning?
Jan 9, 2025
On the Net Zero Business Podcast review of 2024, I suggested that the reason why we are feeling an anti-Net Zero backlash is that climate...