As I fly in to New York for Climate Week (I know, flight-shame, more on that later), I have been reading about the bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma. Over the past 20 years the company has been hit with over 2,600 lawsuits because of the central role its Oxycontin painkiller played in the opioid crisis sweeping […]
Tag: Climate
BNEF: We Need To Talk About Nuclear Power
We need to talk about nuclear. And I mean really talk, in a truth-and-reconciliation, moving-forward kind of way, not a let’s-all-shout-slogans-at-each-other, my-tribe-versus-your-tribe kind of way. Serious people are finally talking about decarbonizing national economies by mid-century, but such talk must be accompanied by credible plans – and no plan can be considered credible if […]
BNEF: Green New Deal – Trumpism With Climate Characteristics?
One of the most iconic images from the COP15 Climate Conference in Copenhagen in 2009 was the occupation of the conference center by protesters holding signs reading “We won’t leave until you reach a fair, ambitious and legally binding agreement.” Of course no such deal was reached, but the protesters meekly left anyway. Climate change […]
Medium: The Revolution Will Not Be Fossilized
It’s that time of year again, when I pour myself a single malt and pull on my creative writing boots. For my 2019 New Year piece I was inspired by Gil Scott-Heron, of “The Future Will Not Be Televised” fame. If you’re not familiar with it, probably best listen to him reading it first. […]
Linkedin: Scenarios for a solar singularity
I just published a thought piece on scenarios for a #solarsingularity. Huge thanks to @ericgimon for the question that got me writing, and @aukehoekstra who has been talking about this stuff for ages. […]
BNEF: Two Business Cycles to Prepare for A Low-Carbon World
This week, as delegates from nearly 200 nations congregate in Katowice for COP24, the 24th annual UNFCCC conference on climate change, ‘tis the season to take stock of the state of climate politics around the world. Spoiler alert, it’s not a particularly jolly read. […]
IFT: The Secret of Eternal Growth
The physics behind pro-growth environmentalism… […]
BNEF: Planes, Trains and Automobiles – the Electric Remake
In my article this March entitled Beyond Three Thirds, The Road to Deep Decarbonization, I referred to the vast opportunities that beckon in clean energy and transportation beyond the core markets of wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles. Today I want to take a deep dive into commercial transportation, aviation, shipping and trains. […]
BNEF: Vicar of Bray or Sunset Ride – Oil & Gas Faces a Decision
Oil and gas companies are not the only ones facing a crucial decision between Vicar of Bray and Sunset Ride in the face of the transitions to clean energy and transport. […]
BNEF: Beyond Three Thirds, The Road to Deep Decarbonization
In my BNEF Summit keynote in London last September, I talked about how far clean energy and transport had come over the last fifteen years…. […]