“Business-as-usual” since the Covid-19 pandemic has created this situation as described in the most recent UNEP Emissions Gap Report: “The lack of stringent emission reductions means that the...
Latest instrument readings
November 2022: “Greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. Global temperatures keep rising. And our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible. We are on a...
We cannot continue like this in good conscience
We seriously cannot continue doing this. Cars and vans accounted for 48% of global transport carbon emissions in 2022. This made this sub-sector the most emissions-laden mode of transport worldwide....
Failure of climate-change mitigation
Most leadership teams are out of touch with the physics that is playing out in the physical world and as a result are setup for massive disruption. The physics: We have to go from global emissions...
We have a gigantic task ahead of us in 2024
Starting in 2024 emissions must fall by 5.3% per year to limit heating to below 2ºC (8.7% for below 1.5ºC) We have never done this before. Ever. The closest we have come was during covid when...
Pay attention to the instruments
Pay attention to the instruments they tell us exactly where we are headed: Satellite Data: Unreflected incoming absorbed solar radiation exceeds the outgoing heat radiation. As a result we are...
In 2024 everyone one has a role to play in meeting our greatest challenge
As the Climate Crisis expands we need to do everything we can to reduce emissions. This is the challenge in 2024, as outlined in the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2023: The lack of stringent emission...
How events need to adapt in the face of the climate crisis
Every aspect of what we do needs to be scrutinised to determine what the emissions are from this activity. Events are no exception! During the pandemic we suddenly transitioned to online events...
Lets be frank sitting in traffic is no longer acceptable
In its technical summary the latest IPCC report on climate change mitigation makes these observations regarding the transportation sector: Meeting climate mitigation goals would require...
Climate data cannot be kept out the boardroom
A discussion on this data should be part of your next leadership meeting agenda. The latest IPCC emissions report card shows we are completely off track and what we have to do next involves "deep,...
Remote work as climate change mitigation
If you have been following me for any amount of time you will know that I have repeatedly spoken about the impact remote working can have on emissions. (For example see these comments in...
Has this data been discussed in your boardroom?
While the desire to get back to “normal” after 2 years of dealing with this pandemic is completely understandable, we have to be very cognisant of the fact that our pre-pandemic “normal” put us on...