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...public and governmental concerns over fossil fuels and their impact on the climate, together with a sharp drop in prices, are threatening the survival of the international oil companies (IOCs). “The IOCs cannot assume that, as in the past, all they need to survive is to wait for crude prices to resume an upward direction,” Stevens warns. “The oil markets are going...

...public is represented, not through abdicating power to elected representatives, but instead to directly participate in the decision-making process on climate change measures. [Tell the truth pink boat] Extinction Rebellion protest in Oxford Circus, London. A key advantage of citizens’ assemblies is that they can bypass the perceived imposition of painful climate...

...public sectors. While richer nations still haven’t met their 2009 promise to mobilise $100 billion of new and additional funding for climate change each year, considerable sums of money are beginning to flow inside and outside the UNFCCC process. The private sector is mobilising with $130 trillion of assets under management now aligned with the goals of the Paris...

...public transport could provide personal resilience to such changes. When I need new white goods, I will want them to be smart-enabled to benefit from off-peak power. As the transition occurs, there will be opportunities for many with the right skills and knowledge. It is not all gloom and doom. What new skills will we need to take advantage of the opportunities they offer...