There has been a distinct increase in dialogue around energy in the last year, and I hear a growing acceptance of the idea that we live on a finite planet and will either reduce the amount of energy we demand from this planet, or hit some version of a brick wall when that demand cannot be met. Maybe we’re there already, we’re just not hitting the wall at speed, and therefore … [Read more...]
Weather will never be weird enough to end climate denial
When it comes to climate change "denial is still the dominant response," writes Paul Gilding in The Great Disruption. "We won't change at scale until the crisis is full blown and undeniable, until the wind really kicks up speed. But then we will change." When I read Gilding's book I thought it would take something like this year's historic storms and floods in the Midwest … [Read more...]