December 4, 2016
Climate Fight Night: Donald Trump -v- Peter Wadhams
This would, of course, be an odd and rather unevenly matched fight, Donald Trump being the President Elect of the United States of America, and Peter Wadhams being a very eminent…
April 22, 2016
Obama right on climate change and right on Europe
This Friday will mark a memorable moment in the history of climate diplomacy. It’s when the world comes together in New York to sign up to the climate agreement agreed in Paris at…
March 16, 2016
Climate Let-down Down Under
Even for a sympathetic observer from the UK, the politics of climate change in Australia is, to say the least, vexatious. But it’s now entering a more critical phase than ever…
December 14, 2015
So How Does It Feel, Mr Prime Minister, Being On The Wrong Side of History?
Amber Rudd, Secretary of State at DECC, was all over the media yesterday, making out that the UK had played a big part in securing the historic agreement in Paris*. Unfortunately,…
October 12, 2015
Paris 2015: The Spirit Moves On
It’s now four months since I first mentioned the People’s Pilgrimage, and its charismatic inspiration Yeb Saño, the former Climate Ambassador for the Philippines (@yebsano on…
July 14, 2015
‘The World We Made’ – Amplifying the Upside
It gets weirder and weirder sitting here in the UK watching our Government systematically destroy the UK renewables industry, knowing that in almost every other country all the…
June 20, 2015
Can Archbishop Welby (a Former Oil Man) Rise to the Pope’s Challenge?
Laudate Si’ has landed! The much-hyped, comprehensively leaked papal encyclical was launched yesterday. I haven’t read it in detail yet, but am absolutely loving all the quotes…
June 7, 2015
The People’s Pilgrimage Gets Under Way
The People’s Pilgrimage kicked off today! This is a truly brilliant idea: “In the coming months, up to December’s climate meeting in Paris, people of faith will show their concern…
June 3, 2015
Nick Stern: ‘Why Are We Waiting?’ Why Indeed?!
Very few people command as much respect in the highly disputatious world of climate change as Nick Stern – Lord Stern to me and you. His blockbuster ‘Review’ in 2006 not only…
December 23, 2014
Naomi Klein: This Changes Everything
his is one of the most important books I’ve read for a long time. It’s authoritatively researched, absolutely ‘on the front line’ of the politics of climate change today, profound…