Interview with Yanis Varoufakis, ex-Greek finance minister
For TNI’s State of Power report 2016, I held an interview with former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis who held that the nation-state is dead and democracy in the EU…
Talk: Durban to Davis
Below is a recording of a talk I gave in Davis on the importance of local action in the context of international failure to tackle climate change.
Cancun agreement stripped bare by Bolivia’s dissent
This analysis was published in several places: TNI, Links Journal and Red Pepper In the famous Hans Christian Anderson fable, The Emperor's New Clothes, a weaver famously plays on an…
Could granting rights to nature change the climate debate?
This joint article with South African environmental lawyer, Cormac Cullinan, was published on TNI. Psychology has become a fashionable tool in the climate world to try and understand the levels…
Three saluted as Davis Eco Heroes
This was published in my local newspaper based on some interviews with three inspiring local figures Reduce, reuse and recycle. Not only is that the mantra for the environmental movement,…
Bolivia’s inclusive approach only way forward on climate change
I posted this sometime ago but not on this blog. Original article on TNI In the aftermath of the dismal outcomes of the Copenhagen climate summit, US chief climate envoy…
Bolivia provides resistance and hope at Brokenhagen
I have just published this article on TNI about my experience of working with the Bolivian government at the UN Copenhagen Climate Conference. It was 3am on Saturday morning –…
UN undermined by G20
Here is a blog I wrote for the San Francisco Bay Guardian after attending the UN Conference on the Global Economic Crisis in New York last week…. Maybe I was…
Why are top Democrats shielding Goni?
I have had the following post published in the weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian. My final edits didn't get through into the final piece so if you want to…