Shorts and sun-shades in February then drowning in March

by Andrew Simms | Mar 23, 2019 | Blog, Weather Bombs

Weather and climate are not the same, but Bill McGuire is reeling at the numbers rolling-up from recent extreme weather events and how climate change is loading the dice. Here he writes about why… The UK weather at the end of February was was the first time that...

Can we transform the world in 12 years? New short film for the BBC

by Andrew Simms | Mar 16, 2019 | Blog, Rapid Transition

Here’s some evidence-based hope in a warming world… Working in collaboration with Tamarack Media, and the Rapid Transition Alliance, we’ve made this short film for the BBC. Now that climate change is undeniable, some switch to saying that the action...

Fridays for future – sing a song of climate change

by Andrew Simms | Mar 15, 2019 | Blog, Daily Climate Denial

Instead of the usual wrangling over policy, as it is a Friday and in honour of the global schools’ climate strike happening today and the Fridays for Future movement, here is a song about climate breakdown written especially for us by our long-time collaborator,...

Academics attack fracking & call on transformation for climate

by Andrew Simms | Feb 27, 2019 | Blog, Daily Climate Denial, Rapid Transition

Key decisions are being taken now about whether or not the UK locks-in continuing dependence on fossil fuels. The fracas over fracking led some scientists with relationships to the oil and gas industry in a letter to The Times newspaper to support claims for a...

Interserve – the return of too big to fail?

by Andrew Simms | Feb 26, 2019 | Blog, Rethinking Economics

Lindsay Mackie looks at the costs and consequences when extractive capitalism is put in charge of providing essential public services, and asks why lessons are not being learned or companies held to account? It’s like irregular buses – along they come in unwanted...