by Andrew Simms | 19 November 2019 | Blog, Daily Climate Denial, Weather Bombs
As reported in this BBC News article, New Weather Institute co-director, Prof Bill McGuire has resigned from the Geological Society over its relationships with fossil fuel companies, following 40 years of membership. In a short introduction and his open resignation...
by Andrew Simms | 22 October 2019 | Blog, Rapid Transition
As the UK is revealed to be the biggest net importer of carbon dioxide emissions per person in the G7 group of wealthy nations, heterodox economist Katie Kedward spells out five reasons to question the UK government’s progress on tackling the...
by Andrew Simms | 10 October 2019 | Blog, Rapid Transition, The Economics Reformation
Extinction Rebellion held a People’s Assembly in Parliament to identify new priorities for each government department, this is an adapted from Andrew Simms’ short speech on the challenge to the Treasury When he led the Treasury as Chancellor of the...
by Andrew Simms | 23 March 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...
by Andrew Simms | 16 March 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...
