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by Duncan Grierson, Founder & CEO of Clim8 ESG is a huge distraction in the fight against climate change. Investors need a new category that does what it says on the tin – Climate Impact.   In the past few years, a tsunami of money, trillions of dollars have moved into so-called ESG investment funds. […]

More than two thirds of humanity will eventually live in cities. To mitigate environmental pressures, governments, businesses and citizens will need to collaborate in reclaiming urban spaces and redesigning them in a circular way. But is this an urban planner’s dream, or just another false hope?  Homo Urbanus is fast overtaking Homo Sapiens as the […]

Transport has seen huge technological advances in the fight against climate change. From chic Teslas to heavy duty electric buses, electric vehicles have become widely available and it is clear that the transition away from combustion engines is well underway. But is it moving fast enough? Transport is responsible for one quarter of global CO2 […]

It’s disappointing that men have been over-represented at COP26, especially since climate change disproportionately affects women, mainly in southern parts of the globe. With so many female leaders spearheading influential movements that address the real experience of climate change, it’s clear that progress on gender equality and climate must go hand in hand. Across developed […]

Climate-related events are growing more frequent and costly to the global economy. As well as finding ‘mitigation’ solutions that combat climate change, we also need to invest in technologies for ‘adaptation’ – or dealing with the consequences. And their evolution needs to be much faster than this Darwinian description would suggest. Let’s start with the evidence […]

Elon Musk is keen to have space explorers reaching the surface of Mars by 2026. Starship and Starbase are under construction and the man is on a mission. But is this whole idea only about scientific and technological prowess? Or is it a hedging strategy, since every year (barring 2020 and COVID-lockdowns) Earth Overshoot Day […]