Book Review: Net Zero: How we stop causing climate change by Dieter Helm
I haven't read a Sustainability book for some time, so when my partner handed me a copy of Dieter Helm's Net Zero at an Alpkit...
The Australian Election: A New (Climate) Hope?
May 23, 2022
I first became aware of the change in political leadership in Australia when the BBC played a clip of incoming PM Anthony Albanese (right) pledging...
What for Net Zero if Boris Johnson goes? Or if he stays…
Feb 7, 2022
I've always thought Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister at the time of writing, was a shameless huckster who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near high office....
Net Zero Rocks! And here’s why…
Jan 24, 2022
I woke this morning to hear an executive from Aviva Investors (which has a mere £262bn of assets under management) tell the BBC that they'd...
Whose carbon is it anyway?
Jan 12, 2022
I've mentioned before that over the summer I got into a Twitter row over how much the individual should take responsibility for their carbon footprint....
Net Zero Greenwash? Don’t believe the hype…
Dec 6, 2021
Aaaand re-laaaaax! For the first time in what feels like months, I can take a step back and look at the bigger picture – where...
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...
“And then something magic happens…” – the missing step to Sustainability
May 17, 2021
Suddenly 'net zero' carbon targets are all the rage, whether at a national level or an organisational one. Which is brilliant. Except... When you scratch...
I don’t care what George Monbiot thinks…
Dec 7, 2020
One thing, amongst many others, that bugs me about the green movement, is its determination to stay firmly inside its comfort zone of a liberal-left...