COP27: how King Charles has demonstrated his commitment to the environment from afar

Despite not being at COP27, there are other ways for King Charles to showcase his commitment to the environment.

Klaus Dodds, Professor of Geopolitics, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
Nov. 15, 2022 • ~7 min

Climate change: carbon offsetting isn't working – here's how to fix it

Carbon offsetting is often met with scepticism, but a new report suggests that if correctly designed it can be an important part of the net zero transition.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
Nov. 7, 2022 • ~8 min

David Bowie and the birth of environmentalism: 50 years on, how Ziggy Stardust and the first UN climate summit changed our vision of the future

In June 1972, the first United Nations conference on the human environment coincided with the release of David Bowie’s iconic Ziggy Stardust album. Both still feel disturbingly relevant today

David Larsson Heidenblad, Associate Professor, History, Lund University • conversation
May 23, 2022 • ~21 min

6 months after the climate summit, where to find progress on climate change in a more dangerous and divided world

Six months after countries set new commitments on global warming, war, famine and an energy crunch are affecting the world’s response to climate change.

Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
May 10, 2022 • ~8 min

Just Stop Oil: how mediation between climate activists and police could help with escalating protests

Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion have vowed to strike at the fossil fuel industry.

Mike Makin-Waite, ISRF Associated Academic, Independent Social Research Foundation • conversation
April 6, 2022 • ~8 min

As climate protests escalate, here's how mediation between activists and police could help

Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion have vowed to strike at the fossil fuel industry.

Mike Makin-Waite, ISRF Associated Academic, Independent Social Research Foundation • conversation
April 6, 2022 • ~8 min

An energy revolution is possible – but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Providing government subsidies for emerging clean technologies could unlock their transformative potential.

Michael Grubb, Professor of Energy and Climate Change, UCL • conversation
Jan. 19, 2022 • ~5 min

Energy prices are unlikely to fall in 2022 or beyond – not until major importers get serious about green transition

Oil and gas have been on a roller coaster these past two years – here’s why.

Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick • conversation
Jan. 6, 2022 • ~9 min

A climate-vulnerable country's experience at a UN summit: ignored, overlooked, then targeted by investment banks

Two Bangladeshi academics spoke to delegates at the Glasgow COP.

Palash Kamruzzaman, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of South Wales • conversation
Dec. 23, 2021 • ~7 min

COP26 agreed rules on trading carbon emissions – but they're fatally flawed

The dust has settled on COP26 and one of the summit’s few achievements looks decidedly less impressive.

Matthew Paterson, Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester • conversation
Dec. 17, 2021 • ~6 min

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