I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Copy what works I think it makes sense to copy what works and ditch what does not. I use this model when working to influence public policy, lobbying and campaigning. It involves looking at what works, chunking down the steps that made it work, detailing those steps, and replicating them. Some tweaking and constant improvement … Read more
I find putting pen to paper the best way to see if understand an issue. This means I take a lot of notes to help better refine my thinking. Some of these notes I refine further into posts. Over the last year, I’ve returned to some familiar themes around EU lobbying. I only have a … Read more
This evening, there was an interesting exchange of views with Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans on the effects of the war in Ukraine on climate policies and on the European Green Deal. There were some surprises. Not so much from Commissioner Timmermans, who confirmed that Europe would accelerate climate actions, and would not shift on the … Read more
If you want to take down a proposal or get it adopted, there is a very effective measure you can take. You need to bring real evidence and a solution to the perceived public policy issue to the table at the right time, in the right language to the right people. I came across an … Read more