A gentler way

Descriptions matter. As the seriousness of climate change becomes more evident, the way it is depicted will influence our response. Here are a few examples, with some potential repercussions. The hockey stick curve The image of a hockey stick lying on its back is often used to describe the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide over…

So the IPCC has issued its starkest warning yet about the state of the climate; and Boris Johnson has said that we citizens of planet Earth need to phase out coal. In January, I predicted that as 2021 progresses, we’ll see an increasing number of net zero claims, some more spurious than others. I should…