Great to see climate change leadership, sustainability and climate governance being discussed at the excellent ISLC conference in Birmingham. Thanks to Brad Jackson, Joanna Stanberry, Sasha Maher, Professor Steve Kempster and many others for extending this essential conversation.
For those interested in climate change mitigation and the role of business in this, there are two recent critical publications to review. The 2024 State of the Climate Report is devastating. Despite 30yrs of COP’s, ESG, decarbonization and corporate commitments to sustainability, graph after graph depicts the confirmation of an unfolding and irreversible climate disaster....
Has ESG been effective in bringing about meaningful climate change mitigation. The latest CISL report argues that organisation have been ineffective in bringing about an increase in corporate sustainability from within and we now need greater reliance on policy and regulatory change
I'll be discussing the Handbook of Climate Chang Leadership in Organisations on May 29th 6pm EDT You can register for the webinar here By attending this webinar, participants will: Learn about the context and purpose of leadership in response to climate breakdown Explore the foundations of CCL ( Climate Change Leadership) including values , mindsets...
A recent blog post by environmentalist Jonathan Porritt has accused the majority of climate scientists of being complicit in deliberately not articulating the reality of the speed and impact of climate change. You can read the blog here There is a lot to discuss in this blog post despite it being written in a polemical…
Thoughtful paper by Prof Mike Hulme on why the fetishisation of single outcomes like carbon or temperature may have unintended negative consequences, diminish goals and support authoritarianism. Far better to adopt a broader suite of human flourishing goals like the SDG’s.
Excellent new book by Hannah Ritchie Lead Researcher at Our World in Data, challenging some of the more pessimistic predictions of existential crisis. You can order it here
