Trump This weekend, former President Donald Trump called President Biden “the destroyer of democracy.” Needless to say, it was Trump who tried to overturn the democratic election victory of Biden. It’s an example of dishonesty in politics, and Trump’s career is full of it. The Washington Post documented more than 30,000…

Let me take you to a green oasis tucked away in the lush nature not far from home in Canada. Later this week, I’ll focus on the harsh realities of our world, with wars, human suffering, and bad governance simmering on a planet that is heating up like a pressure…

For many years, I have worked on climate change-related issues as a diplomat, public speaker, or publicist, often focussed on potential impacts, especially risks to human and international security. At the start of COP28, I will take a different approach and give a general overview of what is happening to…

In the haze of my student days in the ’80s, Hemingway’s Fiesta, or as most know it, “The Sun Also Rises,” left a lasting impression on me. It wasn’t just the raw power of his writing that gripped me; the scenes he painted echoed some of my student experiences those…

A summary of all the articles I’ve written on climate change this year would likely read: higher emissions, higher temperatures, and more extreme weather, plus a lack leaders in climate action. That summary sounds like the latest UN Emissions Gap report: “Greenhouse gas emissions hit new highs, temperature records tumble…

A few days ago, for the first time in recorded history, the global 2m surface temperature breached 2.0 degrees Celsius above the 1850–1900 baseline. This should have been the banner headline across every major newspaper worldwide, but -no surprises here- the world didn’t pay attention. Another climate record shattered, scientists…

Yesterday, I wrote about the frightening conclusions drawn by the authors of several recent reports about the lack of urgency in dealing with the climate crisis. Some of you wrote back with comments, and I always try to answer each of you. But one answer I wrote just kept growing…

Like in any complicated process, from running a grocery store on the corner of your street to saving our planet from overheating, it is good to sometimes stop for a moment and take stock. That is what all countries have been working on for some time. …

Imagine a garbage truck full of plastic driving up to the seashore and dumping all its contents into the ocean. A minute later, the next one arrives and does the same, and this continues every minute, 24/7/365, for decades, and you know we have a problem to solve. The global…