A few days immersed in nature, but you can’t escape climate change
It was my middle child Jimmy's turn to go through the GCSE grind this year and to mark him getting through to the other side,...
Build a Climate Resilient Value Chain – Rule 10 of my 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability
Mar 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...
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...
Hot takes on The Beast from the East
Mar 2, 2018
So, much of the UK is gripped by a long cold snap with blasts of some pretty horrendous weather. While the Press whips itself into...
Sustainability in Portland, Oregon (Part III)
Jul 30, 2015
So I had my meeting with sustainability officials at the City Council of Portland, which is unlike any local Government I've come across before. It...
Sustainability in Portland, OR (Part II)
Jul 28, 2015
I've now been in Portland Oregon a week - long enough for my body clock to adjust (almost) to the local time zone. And in...
If it keeps on rainin’…
Nov 26, 2012
If it keeps on rainin', levee's gonna break... So sang Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy back in 1929 about the Great Mississippi Flood of...
Have you got a Plan B?
Mar 12, 2012
Phew! I'm back on line. Last Wednesday morning Sod's Law kicked in big time - the one day of the month I need uninterrupted internet...
Are you ready for climate change?
Aug 16, 2010
Russia is burning (and choking), Pakistan is drowning - major humanitarian disasters which are likely to be in part due to climate change as Pakistan...
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