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Net zero – “The only mega project we want to be proud of in our lifetime.”
The decarbonisation agenda has been talked about by politicians the world over. In 2015, the Paris Agreement dramatically stated that the world needed to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, by 2050. The ...
Industry-academia: addressing the climate crisis by working together
If there’s one thing everyone involved with tackling climate change agrees on, it’s the need for collaboration globally. Partnerships of all shapes and sizes, a coming together of governments, business, industry regulators and the third ...
Why rising sea levels are a problem for today, not just tomorrow
Much of my research has been carried out in the middle of the Antarctic or Greenland ice sheets. I’ve sat in a freezing tent studying the impact of climate change on sea levels – ...
How to make green investments part of the global sustainability cycle
We need sustainable investment, not token finance for green projects that leave traditional ways of doing business untouched. Planting more trees, or funding eye-catching blue sky technologies is not the answer. There is growing commitment ...
Why we need to commit to hydrogen for a clean, green and more stable future of energy
So often, our ideal vision of a green world involves a landscape of renewable energy sources: wind turbines, solar panels and hydro power providing all the electricity we need. Then we’ll just plug and ...