“What’s COP?”, asked my friend last week. It’s a bit unfair of me to quote him: he lives abroad, where media coverage…
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aboutme What is success? COP26 and beyond
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aboutme Burned out, but still burning
You’re tired. You’re burned out. You don’t know how you keep getting up in the morning, keep switching on the news, keep…
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aboutme Searching for green shoots
In an instant, my life is no longer under my control. I become a little institutionalised at home, reluctant to leave…
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aboutme Half the world’s future
GRETA, says the text, and two hands grip the pigtails behind the girl’s naked body. What clearer threat to girls and…
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aboutme A cure for climate change
Tonight the Royal Geographical Society hosts the launch of the book Culture and Climate Change: Scenarios, as part of their Geographical lates: COP25…
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aboutme The future will be both better and worse than we imagine
In July, I gave the most emotional talk I’ve ever given, and the one of which I’m most proud, based on…
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aboutme Extinction, empathy, endings, beginnings
Well, this tweet didn’t age well… A year later, I have 15,000 followers, while they have nearly a quarter of a…
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aboutme On staying local
Image credit: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. In climate science, I’ve always worked with the big picture. First, global…
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aboutme Open to positive feedback
I’m extremely happy to say that on the 1st October I’ll be taking up a lectureship at the Open University! I’ll be…
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aboutme We have nothing to fear
I’m scared. I must be, because I’ve been avoiding writing this post for some time, when previously I’ve been so excited to…