Decoupling or ‘recoupling’ carbon to growth?
Had a great meeting of the Green Thinkers last night, despite the fact I had managed not to read the book I had suggested, A...
A Green Budget, Phil?
Nov 22, 2017
It's Budget day here in the UK and everybody, well a few of us, are waiting to see what Chancellor Philip Hammond will pull out of...
Michael Gove, Eco-warrior
Nov 20, 2017
The environmental movement let out a groan of exasperation when Michael Gove took over the reins as UK Environment Minister earlier this year. A long...
Sustainability Bites 13/10/17
Oct 13, 2017
Here's this week's edition of Sustainability Bites where I really struggle to find anything to criticise in the UK Government's Clean Growth Strategy, so I...
Sustainability Bites 6/10/17
Oct 6, 2017
Here's this week's edition of Sustainability Bites, covering the Sustainability elements of the Conservative Party Conference (more than you'd think), the latest green energy record...
Sustainability Bites: Labour Conference, UK Green Summer, Demise of GSB
Sep 29, 2017
Here's my hot takes on the week's big Sustainability news - join us each Friday (unless I'm away) at 10am on Facebook. Comments in the comments,...
Sustainability Bites: #ClimateOptimist, Cause for Optimism and Theresa May
Sep 22, 2017
Here's this week's edition of Sustainability Bites. I covered the Climate Optimist campaign (again), the Nature Geosciences paper on progress towards Paris Agreement commitments and...
Sustainability is becoming ‘The New Normal’
Sep 1, 2017
Last week I chuckled at a typical silly season column in the i newspaper about Ford offering a scrappage scheme for older models of their cars....
A Green Industrial Strategy for the UK? Ish.
Jan 23, 2017
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has a reputation as something of an inscrutable sphinx and we only get glimpses of what makes her tick. When she stepped...
Slim Sustainability Pickings from UK Political Leaders
Oct 5, 2016
Every year I sift through the leaders' speeches at the UK political party conferences so you don't have to. My theory is that, no matter...