I’m very pleased to say that I have started a fellowship with the Earth League, an international organisation that “provides scientific insights on change and transformation within the Earth system and informs decision-making for global sustainability.” I’m joining a very esteemed group, some of who I’ve worked with in some …
Large swathes of UK farmland is underwater – again. Rural flooding is increasing as a result of more periods of intense rainfall. In this section I explained how warming leads to more climate change impacts which we need to adapt to. But there are hard and soft limits to such …
Earlier this year I worked with the Earth League on a research programme investigating climate overshoot. One of the results of this collaboration is an article recently published in the journal One Earth: Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems. I discussed …
Last month I was asked to contribute to Carnegie’s ‘Taking the pulse’ series. The question was Has Europe Given Up its Leadership on Climate Change? December 12, 2025 will mark the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement adopted at COP21. Rather than celebrating the birth of this landmark climate treaty, …
I will be joining the Global Day of Action on the 17th November, a worldwide initiative that works to connect legal clinics together in order to raise awareness for the climate emergency. This year’s event theme is “Decarbonization: A just transition. What does decarbonization actually entail? How quickly or easily …
At the beginning of 2025 I resolved to try and progress writing with an independent publication. I hosted “Eccentric Orbits” on Substack. Over the summer break I decided to move away from Substack and ended up settling on Ghost. Along the way I changed the name to Technosphere Earth. Head …
It doesn’t make much climate sense either, but given we are dealing with government ministers, it’s pounds and pence that can only make sense to them. I was one of the signatories to a letter we sent to the Secretary of State for Transport Rt Hon Heidi Alexander, and Chancellor …
You can find all Planet Critical episodes here. Earth system scientist James Dyke explains that we cannot allow this new target to be set, which the fossil fuel industry is pushing for. This is James’ second time on Planet: Critical. Just a few years ago, I interviewed him about the dangers of Net Zero …
Published 29th May 2023, i news. For many of us, doing the recycling is now a normal part of housekeeping. We separate out our paper, glass and tins before putting them in the green bin. Increasingly, plastics have the recycling logo on them. So we rinse them out and save …
This week, the University of Exeter announced a new net zero collaboration with Shell. This five-year deal represents a significant amount of income to the University. This money will pay for research in the UK and Brazil that “is part of a wider Shell-led research programme focussed on carbon sequestration, …
Are we going to limit global warming to no more than 1.5°C since pre-industrial times? Back in June I gave a talk at a TED event about carbon offsets and net zero in which I answered “no”. This week I was told that my talk at TED is being circulated …
A transcript of my talk along with slides is available here. Back in June I was invited to a two-day event at TED about carbon credits. Interesting I thought and then assumed I would not go. Because while I was sure it would be an excellent, I could imagine some …
I was very pleased (& surprised!) to hear that I along with my co-authors Dr Wolfgan Knorr and Sir Prof Bob Watson were awarded a 2022 Covering Climate journalism award for our 2021 article Climate scientists: the concept of net zero is a dangerous trap published by The Conversation in …
The Conversation article “Concept of net zero is a dangerous trap” authored by Wolgang Knorr, Bob Watson and myself has been nominated for the Covering Climate Now Journalism Award. A bit of a surprise as I did not know we were nominated. Winners decided in May apparently. In any event, …
David Schwartzman Professor Emeritus at Howard University, USA. He has done pioneering work on Earth system science and economics & policy as well as being involved in US and international politics. He visited the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter to give a seminar on degrowth and ecosocialism. …
“Mr Rose, a 52-year-old software engineer who calls himself the ‘Uncle On Hunger Strike’, hasn’t eaten since March 14th and has now lost two stone. He has been outside Parliament every day protesting for such a briefing, which has so far been refused three times by Mr Hands, who met Angus on …
I continue to work on net zero and associated climate science and policy issues. This still seems to be a controversial topic (as judged by the emails I receive). It’s not my intention to needlessly provoke, or to devalue the tremendous efforts that many people have and continue to make …
My book Fire, Storm, and Flood: the violence of climate change is published on 5th August. To mark the occassion I’m gave an online book talk in partnership with independent bookshop October Books. For those that missed it, a recording of the talk and the discussion afterward is available here: …
I’m very excited that the University of Exeter is able to offer two permanent lectureships to help teach our very successful MSc Global Sustainability Solutions (MSc GSS) programme. Physical Geography post details HERE. Human Geography post details HERE. In only its second year we are teaching 70 students, with applications …
My first conference talk was at the European Conference on Artifical Life back in 2005. Beforehand I was super nervous. 16(!) years later I will give a keynote at this year’s international conference and I’m super excited. I will use this talk to develop some ideas around the technosphere concept …
