The cost of Net Zero? How about the cost of Do Nothing?
Like much of the world, we're in the jaws of a general election here in the UK with polls opening tomorrow. One of the big...
Cop out? Hard truths in Dubai…
Dec 11, 2023
I recently heard a Sustainability Professional protesting that their vehicle would have to pay Clean Air Zone (CAZ) charges. Their complaint implied that their day...
Saving our Wild Isles Review: Perfectly Pitched
Apr 19, 2023
One of the most influential public engagement events of recent years was the TV series Blue Planet II, presented by the peerless legend David Attenborough,...
Should the new icon of the climate challenge be the puffin?
Mar 13, 2023
Way, way back when I first set up Terra Infirma, I ordered a set of corporate Christmas Cards featuring a polar bear stalking across the...
Climate change: we have the technology
Nov 7, 2022
Listening to the radio this morning, during an item about the COP27 climate change conference, I heard a UK politician refer to the scope for...
So, just how Green is Rishi Sunak?
Nov 1, 2022
I've never seen political turbulence like it – three UK Prime Ministers in a couple of months. But now Rishi Sunak has taken the helm...
Sustainability at the Party Conferences
Oct 10, 2022
As a political geek, every year I watch the leaders' speeches from all the major UK political party conferences. And every year I post a...
Green Queen (and King)
Sep 12, 2022
The Royal Family has long followed that tradition of upper-class British environmentalists who see no contradiction between saving wildlife and shooting it (Peter Scott, who...
Message to our next PM: Climate Cakeism Won’t Cut It
Sep 5, 2022
Here in the UK, the long, tedious slog to take over as Prime Minister from the disgraced Boris Johnson finally comes to an end today....
The killer question is: can we really afford fossil fuels?
Aug 30, 2022
In our high-carbon economy, everything is dictated by the cost of oil and gas. From an economic point of view, this was fine and dandy...