Who’s to blame for the climate COP out in Glasgow?
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...
UK Political Conference Season Leaders’ Speeches Sustainability Round Up
Oct 18, 2021
Being a political nerd, I watch all the major UK party conference speeches to gauge the level and diversity of Sustainability thinking at the top...
Save us from Sustainability fads…
Sep 6, 2021
I remember reading an article entitled "We Won't Achieve Sustainability without Mindfulness." Over the next few weeks, many more appeared as green think pieces. Now,...
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...
Book Review: Value(s) by Mark Carney
Aug 4, 2021
When appointed Governor of the Bank of England in 2013, Mark Carney was described as the Rock Star of Bankers. Well, in Value(s), Carney has...
Is consumerism *really* killing the planet? No, it’s worse than that…
Jul 26, 2021
The green movement has an annoying habit of blaming environmental impacts squarely on capitalism, and consumerism in particular. The anti-capitalist slant ignores the inconvenient fact...
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...