This is a critical year for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The ‘rule book’ wasn’t agreed at COP24 in Katowice, so the focus of …

Looking again at carbon pricing
It is Climate Week in New York and among the police barricades at the UN, the protests and traffic there is still the opportunity for …

Can solar fuels ever be viable?
The idea of producing fuels from air, water and the sun has great appeal and the chemistry and technology to do so exists. Electrolysis (using …

What happened to that vacation offset?
With many people in the Northern Hemisphere taking vacation at the moment, some may have clicked that button on the bookings website to offset the …

In the shadow of Apollo
The recent 50th anniversary of the first moon landing brought with it many calls for an “Apollo Project” approach to address climate change. Such an …

Why is Article 6 so contentious?
The Parties to the UNFCCC convened in Bonn through the second half of June to continue discussions relating to the Paris Agreement, but particularly to …

Visiting Arctic Svalbard
Over the past 10 days I have had the opportunity to visit the archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean, travelling as far as 79.55 …

Is 1.5°C closer than we think?
As the climate issue progresses and the seemingly endless noise linked with ‘crisis’ and ‘emergency’ risks desensitizing many to the reality of the issue, clear …

Is Direct Air Capture the future?
Almost all scenario thinking that relates to the goal of net-zero emissions during the second half of this century has to consider the role of …

Getting to net-zero emissions in the UK
Last week the Climate Change Committee (CCC) in the UK released its much anticipated report which is recommending that the government revise its emissions goal to …