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John joined Bronwen Maddox, Nicholas Westcott, Baroness Amos, and Giles Wilkes to discuss what we can learn from the groundnuts scheme and other failed megaprojects. You can listen to the podcast here. The post When mega-projects become mega-disasters appeared first on John Kay.

Exclusive: The Dalai Lama warns of terrible consequences of climate inaction The Dalai Lama has appealed to world leaders to take urgent action against climate change, warning of ecological destruction affecting the lives of billions and ruining the planet, including his birth country, Tibet. As a call to action he has brought out a new

Collisions with and disturbance from watercraft represent significant threats to endangered North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). Although several studies have investigated whale cooccurrence with commercial vessels, none has considered recreational vessels. We estimated an index between relative encounter risk of North Atlantic right whales and recreational vessel traffic in the southeastern USA calving grounds.

While the UK talks tough, its agencies have continued to plough public funds into fossil fuels, writes Angela Picciariello Greta Thunberg is right to call out governments for failing to deliver on their climate commitments (‘Hypocrites and greenwash’: Greta Thunberg blasts leaders over climate crisis, 9 November). A league table ranking G20 OECD countries on

Rishi Sunak says disclosures will be mandatory within five years as part of net-zero plans Large companies and financial institutions in the UK will have to come clean about their exposure to climate risks within five years under the terms of a tougher regime announced by the chancellor, Rishi Sunak. In an attempt to demonstrate

Biden’s presidency could help reduce global heating by about 0.1C if plans fulfilled, say experts The election of Joe Biden as president of the US could reduce global heating by about 0.1C, bringing the goals of the Paris agreement “within striking distance”, if his plans are fulfilled, according to a detailed analysis. Biden’s policy of

Action comes after group postponed mass protest due to second England lockdown A teenage Extinction Rebellion protester has climbed a crane in Norwich after the movement postponed a mass demonstration due to the second national lockdown. Alex Sidney, who scaled the crane in Duke Street early on Saturday morning while carrying a sleeping bag and