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 […]
The Politics of Climate Change
This article was first published by the Oracle Partnership as one of a series of essays on climate change. 2019 is the year the global conversation on the climate changed. The children’s climate strikes, the arrival of Extinction Rebellion, the EU’s Green New Deal and the importance of climate change […]
A million species are being driven to the verge of extinction by the impact of humans on the planet – LBC
A CLIMATE OF TRUST
The core argument of this lecture is that failure of climate change policy represents an existential threat to civilisation that will destroy the foundations of trust on which democracy depends. Climate change is a unique problem in human history. Climate policy success demands the local, national and geo-political cooperation that […]
Climate justice and development – The Oxford Forum on International Development
Prosperity, Security, Stability
It’s a cruel deceit to blame all our problems on immigration
By Owen Jones Brexiters cynically attribute social ills to incomers. Those who believe them may soon face a harsh truth Our country is simmering with anger and frustration. There is no shortage of social grievances that, long unaddressed by politicians, are a source of considerable bitterness. But […]