I was asked yesterday by a friend who is an accountant what I thought about the problems in water companies. This was my reply: What
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If we discount the future we won’t tackle climate change, which seems to be what some economists want
I am unashamedly quoting from the comments made by Nicholas (Lord) Stern noted in the Guardian this morning. As they record: Many economic assessments of
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Retail sales are falling. Covid is returning. Recession is coming. What we do not need are austerity and interest rate rises. What we do need is a Green New Deal.
As the ONS has reported this morning UK retail sales have fallen for the fifth month in a row this morning: I have five thoughts.
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The new NS&I green bond is priced to fail by a government that really does not want to tackle climate change
As many readers here will know, I have been arguing that savings should be redirected to fund the costs of climate transition for some time.
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HM Treasury is not serious about climate change and its Net-Zero report is the clearest possible indication of that
Having spent yesterday afternoon reading the government’s dismal proposals for new green corporate reporting – where the thinking simply does not add up to a
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The UK government approach to sustainability reporting announced today is pure greenwash
The UK government issued a cross-department report on what they call a Roadmap to Sustainable Investing today. As they said: The report, entitled Greening Finance: A
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Johnson very clearly remains a climate sceptic opposed to the action required to save our planet
As the Guardian has reported this morning, the government’s headline plan for greening the UK’s housing stock is this: Ministers have unveiled plans for £5,000
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We need to save for the planet if we want one to live on
As the FT noted this morning: Extreme volatility in energy markets will present a continued risk unless investment in clean power is tripled in the
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Unless we realise that behavioural change is key to our survival we simply won’t make it
Simon Jenkins can be the most annoying of commentators in The Guardian. He can also get things right. He did when discussing the need for
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