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Author: Jonathan Blanchard Smith

Opportunities and risks for 2022
16 December 2021in Foresight, Futures, Trends0by Jonathan Blanchard Smith

Opportunities and risks for 2022

This week’s blog post captures the results of an online workshop session of SAMI Principals, brainstorming potential radical events in 2022. We worked through a basic PESTLE format to generate…

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Everyone for themselves – the world after COP26
13 December 2021in Climate change, Futures, Policy making0by Jonathan Blanchard Smith

Everyone for themselves – the world after COP26

COP26 concluded on 12 November. Since then, we have seen quick takes, considered reviews, relief and anger. Too little has been done; too much has been done. The ground has…

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COP26 – Goal Four: Averting disaster?
1 November 2021in Climate change, Futures, Policy making, Scenarios1by Jonathan Blanchard Smith

COP26 – Goal Four: Averting disaster?

We examined the first three goals for COP26 in previous blogposts. We concluded that Goal 1 (the climate goal proper) was too little, delivered too slowly. Goal 2, we said,…

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COP26: Goal Three – Eye-wateringly expensive but achievable
28 October 2021in Climate change, Foresight, Policy making, Trends0by Jonathan Blanchard Smith

COP26: Goal Three – Eye-wateringly expensive but achievable

In our previous blogposts, we have examined the first two goals for COP26. We concluded that Goal 1 (the climate goal proper) was too little, delivered too slowly. Goal 2,…

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COP26: Goal Two – ambition meets politics
21 October 2021in Climate change, Foresight, Policy making, Strategy, Trends1by Jonathan Blanchard Smith

COP26: Goal Two – ambition meets politics

Last week’s blogpost looked at COP26 Goal 1, which we concluded was too little, delivered too slowly. Today’s news from the UN Environment Programme reinforces our view: “Fossil fuel production…

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COP26: Goal One – too little, too slowly
15 October 2021in Climate change, Foresight, Policy making, Trends5by Jonathan Blanchard Smith

COP26: Goal One – too little, too slowly

The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021. The COP26 summit will bring parties together to…

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