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International agreements on climate change are compromises between everyone knowing that something must be done and no one being willing to pay for it.
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The book pulls together the key elements and issues about the transition to low carbon, climate-adapted economy in one volume. ‘Transitioning to a Prosperous, Resilient and Carbon-Free Economy: A Guide for Decision-Makers’ arrives at a decisive moment for the international efforts to tackle the climate crisis – in the wake of the pivotal International energy […]
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Truths are emerging though the CoP 26 talks, pledges, alliances, and efforts to align private capital with public interests, while governments try to reassure a scared and outraged public.
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The most reliable way to ensure than no one is left behind is for vulnerable people to be watched over by neighbours who can alert public services and monitor the response.
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Brave and accountable leaders who are competent on climate change are needed, but for the public to choose them reliably requires the universal early teaching and learning of ecology.
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There are great expectations by governments, businesses, and civil society for the forthcoming Glasgow Climate Conference, or COP 26, as it’s known in the jargon. US Secretary of State John Kerry has labelled it “the last best hope for the world”, words echoed by UK COP President Designate, Alok Sharma. Similar hyperbole is peppered liberally […]
Read MoreIn a recent New York Times opinion piece, Larry Fink, the Chairman and CEO of the $10 trillion financial giant, BlackRock, and an outspoken advocate for ESG investment, argues that rich countries (OECD + China, as per Fink’s classification) should annually provide $100 billion in climate mitigation aid to developing countries. He assesses that to […]
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As illustrated by the work of the philosopher Thomas Kuhn, our conceptual models, our paradigms, frame our interpretation of data. Today, it is critically important that we share an “energy convergence” view of climate change[1].Climate change is not a sedate, steady drift towards a slightly warmer planet. Rather, what we know is that – as […]
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