22 November 2022 - We’re the clowns, smiling manically as weak pledges are presented as progress, amid mayhem. COP27 has ended. After more than two weeks of negotiations at the climate summit, there is a deal of sorts that keeps the climate negotiations ticking over,...
17 November 2022 - The futures of young people around the world are being devastated by the impacts of climate change, forcing them to mobilise and act. Young people are stepping into leadership roles in their communities, in local government, and even becoming...
31 October 2022 - The most recent IPCC report highlighted the gravity of the climate crisis and the need for immediate and sustained political will, impactful action and effective cooperation. The window for action is closing and failure to act risks crossing...
24 October 2022 - It’s common to say that the invisible hand - the market - rewards and punishes. The invisible hand has punished Liz Truss and the British government, throwing the UK into chaos. Even the markets didn’t believe the prime minister’s clueless economic...
03 October 2022 - I am sitting on a train on the Räthische Railway riding back from Pontresina, high in the beautiful Swiss Alps. Surrounded by the presence of melting glaciers I reflect on two gatherings that happened here earlier in the week: the World Ethic Forum...
26 September 2022 - The world has faced an unprecedented threat from interconnected tipping points on climate change, health, biodiversity loss, poverty and inequitable human development patterns which are creating the greatest existential risk to humanity. This is a...
16 August 2022 - As the planet continues to cook, so grows the need for effective climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. Such strategies are starting to unfold, but their impacts need to be examined carefully. While they are essential for saving life on planet...
03 August 2022 - The current escalation of multiple, overlapping crises – climate-related disasters, a pandemic, war in Europe, and stagflation – is intensifying anxiety and uncertainty the world over. Conventional solutions are no longer working. Politicians have few...
07 July 2022 - Russia’s war on Ukraine has sent shockwaves around the world. Oil prices have skyrocketed and food prices have soared bringing political instability. The last time food prices were this volatile, riots erupted across the Arab world and from Burkina Faso...
16 June 2022 - On April 4th 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its sixth assessment report, which for the first time cited “historical and ongoing patterns of inequity such as colonialism” as a driver of vulnerability to climate change...
