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Biomimicry - Nature shows the Way
Dec 13, 2019
Aside from election news, on the
sustainability front Australia is still ablaze, COP25, the UN
Climate Conference, draws to a close this week with criticism and
complaints, Greta Thunberg says the school strikes have achieved
nothing and some in Scotland are having a grouse - about grouse
moors. But apart from all this,...
#TimeForAction
Dec 6, 2019
COP25, the UN Climate Change Conference, started this week in Madrid under the Presidency of the Government of Chile and with logistical support from the Government of Spain. Big beasts on the financial scene, like Christine LaGarde and Mark Carney are entering the climate debate. As coal becomes uninsurable fossil...
Offsets - taking it easy(Jet)
Nov 29, 2019
The week before last I was talking about carbon offsets - and all of a sudden everybody else is talking about carbon offsets, even Julia Hartley Brewer. You’ll hear her later.
easyJet tells us that Tuesday 19th November was a historic date - was it though? And listener Ian Jarvis asked some pertinent questions which...
Which Way Now?
Nov 22, 2019
In the news this week, some capitalists seem to be having doubts about capitalism, the European investment bank is having doubts about fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency has doubts about coalmines, the Lancet gets to the heart of the matter and the BBC does Climategate. And what about...
The Carbon Offset Question
Nov 15, 2019
Carbon offsetting has been in the news this week and I've been working on an analysis of the pros and cons for a client. What's the answer? Well, it's certainly not simple as I shall attempt to explain. And then, in other news, I look at the Shell Prélude, the Aramco share offer, a new oilfield in Iran, tree planting...