Climate Change: What Are We Allowed To Disagree About?

Map illustration depicting two faces in profile labeled "Denial" and "Concern," with city names and regions reflecting emotional states, separated by a body of water symbolizing the climate change debate.

In October 2023, the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, the American psychology professor, Deborah Prentice, delivered her first Annual Address to Senate House. Her address highlighted the imperative for university students to learn to “disagree well” about difficult subjects and for universities to facilitate this learning. Prentice announced her intention to moderate a series […]

‘When Temperature Became Global: A Brief History of the World’s Most Important Index’

Line graph showing global surface air temperature changes from 1901 to 1987, illustrating a general rise in this world’s most important index over time.

Yesterday, my colleague Sarah Dry and I submitted the full manuscript of our forthcoming book ‘When Temperature Became Global’ to Princeton University Press. Following peer review, and any subsequent revisions, the book will enter production later this year and should hit the bookstores in the first quarter of 2027. Here is a brief synopsis of […]

A pile of one hundred dollar bills scattered and overlaid with a warm, golden light effect.

Solar geoengineering for profit

The Israeli-U.S. startup Stardust Solutions announced last week that it raised $60 million in venture capital in its latest funding round – the largest venture investment to date for a for-profit company developing solar geoengineering technology, particularly injection of...