Will 2016 see the extinction of a mega environmental NGO?

Change is Happening and it’s Happening Fast Reading the Financial Times each day you learn of old and established multinationals fighting for their commercial life. It is full of stories of new CEOs, or incumbents fighting for their job, who are embarking on another round of cost-cutting and job slashing. Just as once mighty firms … Read more

Where is Europe’s Environment Agenda?

Where is the Environment? Today, 27 October 2015, the Commission published their Annual Work Plan. It is bare reading on the environment front. There is only one substantive legislative proposal, the re-tabling of the withdrawn circular economy package. It falls under the title ” A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment”. It’s like the Environmental … Read more

The Rational Optimist – Why Today So Many Are So Prosperous

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley The main message of the book is that the world is getting better. We humans keep finding amazing ways to solve great challenges. Billions of people now lives that were until recently the preserve of only the great Kings and Queens. Sure, there are still too many people … Read more