September 2023 was the hottest September on record, following the hottest August and the hottest July. It wasn’t just a bit hotter – it was fully 0.5˚˚ C hotter, a…
Category: Climate change
Four Scenarios for EU Net-Zero
The EU Policy Lab has published a report “Towards a fair and sustainable Europe 2050: Social and economic choices in sustainability transitions” in which it explores possible and necessary changes…
Flooding London, TRLs, and Need.
The Environment Agency has decided to improve London’s tidal defences by 2050 – 15 years earlier than anticipated. Sea levels are expected to rise by a metre by 2100. And…
The future of water – fertile futures
One of the critical challenges that the climate crisis brings is managing scarce resources, most notably water. Droughts, storms and floods are all expected to increase in all global warming…
COP 27 – the road to disaster
As COP27 has staggered to a halt, it’s time to revise your climate change scenarios. Keeping the increase in global temperature to 1.5˚C now seems to be an unlikely outcome,…
Introducing the Sustainability Innovation Pathway Framework
Those of you who get our monthly newsletter, “Foresight and Strategy” , will have seen our announcement of the launch of our Sustainability Innovation Pathway Framework. This week’s blog is…