Real Zero, Not Net Zero!
Net Zero is seen as a key goal in the fight against climate-change. The idea behind it is simple: Net Zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are achieved when anthropogenic CO2 emissions […]
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Climate and Energy
Taming Our Seemingly Random World
The essence of music lies not in reading it, but in hearing it. While algebra is inaudible, its power can be felt through the machines it drives. Systems Sing. It’s
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The Intimacy Between Investment, Risk, and Waste
The gap between promises and investment to limiting the interdependent impacts of global warming and the reality of delivery, is stark. “We are headed for a global catastrophe. The emissions
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Sustainability, ESG, And The Productivity Paradox
Introduction Sustainability and ESG have a number of contradictory messages. Firstly, the culture of sustainability and ESG has developed groupthink that is process-focused instead of outcome-focused. As a result, the
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Tackling Complexity Through Systems Thinking
Christopher Gleadle: Opening remarks – Global Conversation with Sir Danny Alexander, July 5th, 2023 When Robert and I founded the Paddy Ashdown Forum it was on the platform of two
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ESG, And Net-Zero. Whose Truth?
First Published: Pamphleteers Blog, Long Finance, Z/Yen “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” Warren Buffet, 1994 While human knowledge has grown immeasurably over the last hundred years, tackling
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