Creating a world of plenty demands more radical ideas By Tim Smedley June 26, 2025 Illustration by Prospect. Source: S.E.A. Photo / Alamy A moment halfway through Ezra Klein’s and Derek Thompson’s recent book Abundance reveals something of their approach to building a net zero world. In 2023 a gasoline lorry exploded, causing Philadelphia’s I-95 bridge to collapse;Continue reading “Economic growth and the search for abundance”
Tag Archives: Climate Change
CARBON CAPTURE -DAC
KATIE BRIGHAM • MAY 30, 2025 Technology to suck carbon dioxide out of the air — a.k.a. direct air capture — has always had boosters who say it’s necessary to reach net zero, and detractors who view it as an expensive fig leaf for the fossil fuel industry. But when the typical venture capitalistContinue reading “CARBON CAPTURE -DAC”
Paradigm Shakes
We seem to be stuck in a dangerous and destructive paradigm. Our current approach to climate change is painfully inadequate. Will shifting paradigms be easier if we start with a few small shakes?Karen O’Brien Jan 20 ExtremesThese are not easy times. It’s hard to watch the news and read the latest climate projections. And it’sContinue reading “Paradigm Shakes”
Back to fossil fuels-with AI?
An edited opinion piece by John ElkingtonAccording to the International Energy Agency (IEA), AI-related energy demand is set to almost double between 2022 and 2026. Bad enough, but Generation is more pessimistic still. “There are … forecasts that are much more drastic,” it concludes. “It is easy to imagine a world in which ever moreContinue reading “Back to fossil fuels-with AI?”
WHAT IS TRUE NET ZERO?
From the Guardian 19/11/2024 Under the “true” net zero definition, the natural world’s vast carbon-absorbing capabilities must only be put to work to remove historical emissions so that the planet can slowly cool over time, the net zero researchers say – not to cancel out future fossil fuel pollution.“It is a common assumption that removingContinue reading “WHAT IS TRUE NET ZERO?”
TRANSFORMATIVE SKILLS GUIDE
I have written recently that we need a transformative system -wide change process across our education and learning programmes and institutions to tackle the wicked global issues we face. This recently published Skills Guide puts some astonishingly accessible and credible ways to achieve this transformation. It deals with inner skills such as “thinking ,relating, collaboratingContinue reading “TRANSFORMATIVE SKILLS GUIDE”
The Case for Growth Agnosticism
A useful guide to anyone interested in the current debate by the new labour government on economic growth-A commentary by Michael Albert of the University of Edinburgh Can the needs of the planet be reconciled with the need for economic growth within our capitalist economy? This is one of the biggest questions that divides sustainabilityContinue reading “The Case for Growth Agnosticism”
Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change “Describing the slowness of change is often confused with acceptance of the status quo. It’s really the opposite.” By Rebecca Solnit January 11, 2024 “To see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”–Georgia O’Keeffe* Someone at the dinner table wanted to know what everyone’s turning point onContinue reading
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