Why I’m not so worried about the impact of AI on the climate
1997 was a pivotal year for me. It was meant to be a year of travelling the world with my partner, but due to family...
NET! Zero at Wimbledon with Hattie Park, AELTC
Jun 26, 2026
On Monday morning, someone dressed all in white will toss a rubber and felt ball in the air and thwack it down to the far...
Feeling the heat…
Jun 25, 2026
I've spent the last two days bikepacking on the North York Moors. I was meant to be doing four, but this morning I jacked it...
Starmer, Burnham, Miliband and the future of Net Zero in the UK
Jun 22, 2026
Just as I started writing this, the Prime Ministerial podium was wheeled out onto the tarmac of Downing Street. Keir Starmer duly emerged to announce...
Podcast: The Strait jacket loosens, more energy records fall and who asked Tony Blair?
Jun 19, 2026
In the latest of our 4-weekly round up of news and views on Sustainability, I look at the prospects for the re-opening of the Strait...
The Scope 2 elephant trap
Jun 18, 2026
As the decarbonisation of the UK electricity grid continues apace, the new Government GHG conversion factor for a unit of electricity has fallen by a...
Why you shouldn’t tell people what to do in Sustainability
Jun 15, 2026
"We should have listened to you – everything you said came true." Thus spake a client last week. I felt a simultaneous warm surge in...
The Unstoppable Energy Revolution with Chris Smith
Jun 12, 2026
I first came across Chris when I saw his tireless debunking of energy myths on Twitter/X. It was clear he had a wealth of experience...
Does Sustainability come down to authenticity?
Jun 10, 2026
We had a meeting of the Sustainability Leadership Roundtable yesterday on the subject of engagement and behavioural change. Obviously I was on home ground here,...
What does ‘ideological’ mean in terms of climate change?
Jun 8, 2026
'Ideological' is a word that's often flung at UK Energy and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband, a 'soft left' Labour MP while he attempts to...