Environmentalist
I think we should be worrying more about whether nuclear power is economically sustainable, than whether it is environmentally sustainable. The government has missed a huge opportunity to help drive energy bills down, by fulfilling the commitments that they have already made to improving energy efficiency in our homes, which […]
I think that events have now validated the science in the public mind. So, we are no talking about raising awareness so much as giving people a sense that they can do something about it. My strong sense is that what is missing in all sorts of levels in society, […]
The only place there is hysteria about these heatwaves is in the Daily Mail, because climate change is something it has tried to deny for a long time, and we are now seeing that the experience that people are having is confirming what the scientists have been saying. The Daily […]
BYLINE FESTIVAL PANEL: WHAT NEXT AFTER COP? WITH TOM BURKE, GABRIELLE WALKER, THOMAS PERRETT AND MARK STEVENSON, CHAIRED BY MALINI MEHRA Saturday, April 30, 2022 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Byline Festival: Media Circus Acklam Village London W10 United Kingdom I am speaking at the Byline Festival this weekend. “What […]
This is the third document in six months that the government has produced, and all that has happened is that they have become less coherent, and less and less connected to what actually matters to most people. What the Prime Minister seems to believe is that we want expensive nuclear […]
Why would the government build nuclear power stations which will mean that they have to put people’s energy bills up twice in order to get the investment needed to build them and pay for the energy they produce, why would you do that? Why would the government think it is […]
It is true that there was very little wind last week. But what is interesting is that the lights stayed on, electricity still worked, factories kept running, homes were still heated. So, it didn’t matter all that much that the wind didn’t blow, because we have a very sophisticated grid […]
Russia’s threat might make a difference to supply. There is a poker game going on here. Putin needs people to buy Rubles to prop up the value of the Ruble in Russia, and other countries need Russian gas, So, it is question of who can look the other in the […]
We live in turbulent times. Some eight billion of us live in an increasingly connected world. The pace of technology-enabled change is accelerating. This can be both exhilarating, as new opportunities and experiences become accessible, and intimidating, as familiar places and relationships are transformed beyond recognition. This accelerating pace of […]
COP26 is very serious, and we had better hope it gets somewhere because if it doesn’t get somewhere, then we are all going to be in a lot of trouble. I think three things need to come out of it. The first thing that we need to do is deliver […]