What Sustainability Professionals can learn from Keir Starmer’s woes
Keir Starmer became UK Prime Minister in July on a wave of public disgruntlement with the previous Conservative regime. Normally, new Prime Ministers get a...
For politicians, clean power is the easy bit
Sep 25, 2024
We're deep in political party conference season here in the UK and, given I hold a political position in my city, you won't be surprised...
Who are we racing against to tackle climate change?
Sep 16, 2024
I’m not a big fan of board games. I hate sitting waiting for my turn at Scrabble, watching all the other players inadvertantly block my...
Fare Ye Well, Low Carbon Joe – Biden’s Sustainability Legacy Must Live On
Jul 22, 2024
“Joe Biden’s legacy as the greatest president for climate and environmental action is etched in stone." Ben Jealous, Executive Director, Sierra Club "President Biden leaves...
The ‘we’re emitting less carbon than X’ fallacy
Jul 10, 2024
One feature of the recent UK General Election was the Tory Government using the country's admirable decarbonisation achievements so far to attack opponents' proposals to...
After election upheaval, what next for Net Zero in the UK?
Jul 8, 2024
Like most political geeks, I spent most of Thursday night/Friday morning awake in front of the TV, watching the most revolutionary election I can remember...
The cost of Net Zero? How about the cost of Do Nothing?
Jul 3, 2024
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...
‘Cut through’ on Sustainability can cut both ways
Jun 26, 2024
My socials are full of people pointing out that 100,000 people marching through London under the banner of Restore Nature Now got very little press...
Lucy Siegle on Sustainability in mainstream media, sewage and fashion
Jun 14, 2024
Who better to talk about communicating Sustainability to the public than Lucy Siegle, a presenter of the BBC's One Show for many years, writer of...
What do UK voters think about climate action?
Jun 13, 2024
The UK General Election rumbles on and climate change and net zero raise their heads now and again. Only Reform UK are overtly anti-Net Zero,...