Climate Change: What difference can I make on my own?
Regular readers will know that I often get into online arguments with those who believe that climate change is all the fault of 'neoliberalism' (whatever...
Who’s to blame for the climate COP out in Glasgow?
Nov 15, 2021
The underwhelming final results of the COP26 climate change conference reminded me of the old joke: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a...
Good COP, Bad COP?
Nov 8, 2021
So the COP26 climate change jamboree trundles on, with the leaders now departed and the grunt work continuing on the details, but how is it...
Who is to blame for climate change?
Aug 23, 2021
During my holiday, the Guardian published an article on what individuals could do to tackle the climate crisis. Almost every point was to lobby somebody...
Sharma has to learn to say “No.”
Aug 10, 2021
As we head towards the delayed COP26 climate change conference in November, the press seems to be leading on many slightly tangential issues - the...
Everybody’s an expert now…
Mar 1, 2021
I'm writing this blog at 3pm on a Monday, the very time when, for the last two months, I have had to make the awkward...
First they ridicule you…
Feb 23, 2021
Five years ago, some earnest academics published a study linking the war in Syria with climate change. Much of the media and the twittersphere fell...
Progress is always messy – climate action is no different
Feb 9, 2021
One Christmas Eve Eve, Mrs K and I buckled down to wrapping Christmas presents for the mini-Kanes. I can't stand wrapping, partly due to the...
The Year of Sustainability starts to build momentum
Feb 2, 2021
Well, it's been quite a year here at Terra Infirma Towers already, and we're only just into February. You may have noticed that my usual...
The day that sense prevailed…
Jan 20, 2021
Well, bye, bye Donald. At midday ET, a four year feverish nightmare for Liberals like me comes to an end. I rejoiced when Joe Biden...