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Carbon Takeback: How We Will Stop Fossil Fuels from Causing Global Warming

We have to stop fossil fuels from causing global warming...

Does Net Zero Mean the End of Livestock Agriculture?

Diet and agriculture are borderline untouchable “third rail” issues in...

Carbon Offsetting: Does It Really Work?

Offsets, politely called carbon credit markets, are essential to many...

Science-based Targets, Greenwashing and Brownscraping: Net Zero in the Private Sector

Many companies are now required to have a “Science-based Target”...

Raising the Net Zero Conversation: How to Stop Climate Becoming a Wedge Political Issue

In a year of elections, climate change is emerging as...

Sustainable Energy in Refugee Camps

Most of the world’s 102 million forcibly displaced people –...

People and Purpose: Putting Positive Impact at The Heart of Economic Growth

As we build on the economic recovery from COVID-19, we need to put our people and our purpose at the heart of financial and professional services to rebuild a more sustainable and inclusive economy - investing in better.

The Universal Value of Nature

Does nature have a universal value? Can we consider natural capital as equivalent to financial capital? This lecture gives a brief history of value, exploring the similarities between historical arguments as to why the value of housework and nature are not reflected either in theory or in the system of national accounts and GDP. It will explore the difficulties with putting a value on nature, for example trying to make meaningful estimates of what contribution water makes to our lives.

Nature's Numbers: Natural Capital Accounting

How can we ensure we are not destroying the environment? Natural Capital is becoming a central theme in national accounting systems.

The Future of Our Oceans

Recent evidence about the extent of plastics and litter in our oceans has led to grassroots rejection of single-use plastics.

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Carbon Takeback: How We Will Stop Fossil Fuels from Causing Global Warming

Does Net Zero Mean the End of Livestock Agriculture?

Carbon Offsetting: Does It Really Work?

Science-based Targets, Greenwashing and Brownscraping: Net Zero in the Private Sector

Raising the Net Zero Conversation: How to Stop Climate Becoming a Wedge Political Issue

Sustainable Energy in Refugee Camps

People and Purpose: Putting Positive Impact at The Heart of Economic Growth

The Universal Value of Nature

Nature's Numbers: Natural Capital Accounting

The Future of Our Oceans

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