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The Sustainable Futures Report

Surviving climate change, resource depletion, the energy crisis - and staying in control

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The Carbon Offset Question

The Carbon Offset Question

Carbon offsetting has been in the news this week and I've been working on an analysis of the pros and cons for a client.... Read more

15 Nov 2019

17mins

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Accentuate the Positive

Accentuate the Positive

It’s time to accentuate the positive - to explain to people what’s good about tackling climate change rather than fright... Read more

14 Feb 2020

26mins

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Ruminating on Food

Ruminating on Food

Should we be vegetarian? Should we be vegan? Is it wrong, or even unsustainable to eat meat? Students at the London Scho... Read more

28 Feb 2020

35mins

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The Uninhabitable Earth

The Uninhabitable Earth

 This week: a review of The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells, the attention that climate change is getting in ... Read more

8 Mar 2019

18mins

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Going Global

Going Global

Right then. This week I’m going to talk about denial and whether climate change could lead to more pandemics in future. ... Read more

3 Apr 2020

32mins

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ZERO in 2050

ZERO in 2050

We're on our way to zero in 2050. This is the week when Extinction Rebellion promised to blockade Heathrow airport but d... Read more

21 Jun 2019

22mins

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Next Week

Next Week

Who knows what will happen next week? By the time you hear this you'll know far more than me. For the moment I'm just go... Read more

12 Apr 2019

27mins

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It's Later Than You Think

It's Later Than You Think

I call this episode “It’s later than you think”, but really it’s later than you want to think. We’ve had warnings for ye... Read more

8 Nov 2019

33mins

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Tick Tock

Tick Tock

Today is Friday, 20th September, the day of the global climate strike..  Also this week I'm talking about why scientis... Read more

20 Sep 2019

20mins

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What Next?

What Next?

This time I’ll be talking about the growth in renewable power including signs that France may prioritise renewables over... Read more

1 Nov 2019

24mins

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Away with All Cars?

Away with All Cars?

I didn't buy a car this week - not even an electric. The Commonwealth research organisation suggests the age of the car ... Read more

16 Aug 2019

28mins

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Reimagining Capitalism

Reimagining Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Professor, Author and Authority on Reimagining Capitalism talks to the Sustainable Futures Re... Read more

17 Apr 2020

31mins

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Offsets - taking it easy(Jet)

Offsets - taking it easy(Jet)

The week before last I was talking about carbon offsets - and all of a sudden everybody else is talking about carbon off... Read more

29 Nov 2019

22mins

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Thinking Aloud

Thinking Aloud

We need to do something about climate change. David Attenborough says so. Extinction Rebellion says so. Kids are coming ... Read more

15 Feb 2019

15mins

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Taking Back Control

Taking Back Control

It’s the final Sustainable Futures Report of 2019 - episode No. 45.  I’ll be commenting on the British General Election,... Read more

20 Dec 2019

31mins

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It's Getting Serious

It's Getting Serious

It looks like we should be preparing for more extreme weather like the extremes we’ve seen across the world in the last ... Read more

12 Jul 2019

22mins

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Fired Up!

Fired Up!

In the climate crisis news this week: the Amazon fires, why they’re not the only fires, why they may not be as bad as yo... Read more

6 Sep 2019

20mins

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Tipping Point

Tipping Point

Have a Swedish schoolgirl, a naturalist in his 90s and a civil disobedience campaign in the streets of London finally le... Read more

26 Apr 2019

15mins

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A Matter of Principle

A Matter of Principle

This week’s episode is devoted to a matter of principle. Would you be arrested for your principles? Would you go to pris... Read more

13 Sep 2019

30mins

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Running to Catch Up

Running to Catch Up

In positive news Extinction Rebellion founder Roger Hallam was cleared by a jury over his King's College protest, the ... Read more

21 May 2019

24mins

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