A few thoughts
My take on everything from economics and climate change to my favourite books and Cally’s latest misadventures.
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Rethinking capitalism and the climate mission
Last week I presented at UK Finance, under the brief ‘why should the finance sector care about climate change?’. For most non-sustainability finance professionals, the answer to this question isn’t necessarily obvious. Nonetheless, there are lots of reasons finance should care about climate and I’ve written about them before (in a blog post and in…
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Winter blues, climate gloom
It’s spring in the UK. The daffodils are out, the days are getting longer. Spring is my favourite season. But, as always, it feels like it’s been a long winter. Brits seem to talk a lot about seasonal affective disorder (surely named for its acronym. Tyler tells me this is called a backronym, which is…
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Ghost books
I’ve been home alone this week. I’m happy in my own company, so for the most part I really enjoyed the time to myself. I’ve puttered around, cooking what I want, tidying things as I want, and lounging in front of my favourite television shows. I don’t want this all the time (Tyler, yes I…
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Early bloomers
Climate change is disrupting pollination cycles and putting crops at risk. I wrote this piece in February 2024, in the midst of Britain’s fifth-mildest winter since 1884. Spring usually feels like a distant fever dream in a bleak London February. Not so this year. Mild temperatures have graced the city, bringing with them signs of…
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How economists and scientists map climate and nature change
Tyler recently sent me an article by Michael Suter about how economists and scientists see the world differently. This might seem obvious (particularly for anyone who’s ever met an economist. Or a scientist for that matter). And, according to Suter, it has profound implications for tackling policy issues: “you can’t agree on the route if…