Defying dystopia: Building the climate future we need
I wrote this piece for Roar Magazine in December 2017 and it has been perhaps my most shared piece of writing ever. One kind academic and activist wrote to me…
What could Davis and Rotary Club do on climate change
Here is a talk I gave recently to the Davis Rotary Club. Thank you. Honored to be invited. Rotarians have a proud history of serving communities, doing good and also…
Last line of defense: Are the US military going to save us from Trump climate denial?
(Published in Truth Out) The US military may be the last defender of climate science within the Trump administration, but don’t expect the Pentagon to fight for climate justice. Preparing…
Climate justice in an age of Trump
This is a transcript of a speech I gave at a community gathering on environmental justice held in Davis, California on the 8th January 2017. It’s been 2 months since…
Securing whose future? Militarism in an age of climate crisis
For anyone concerned with militarism, news of the terrorist attacks in Brussels brought a familiar sense of dread. We ached as we hear the stories of more innocent lives lost,…
COP21 charades: Spin, lies and real hope in Paris
The Paris COP21 talks failed to deliver a meaningful result, judged from either a scientific or social justice point-of-view. However it did reveal the presence of an increasingly sophisticated and…
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…