Why not every global problem can be tackled by an IPCC-like organization

In this short item of ‘correspondence’ published in Nature last week, I argue that Stiglitz’s recently proposed International Panel on Inequality, modelled on the IPCC, is unlikely to be effective. It is one more case of ‘IPCC envy’, the reasons for which I have previously explored. I find it remarkable how so many commentators continue […]

Is the quest for net-zero a form of scientism?

Discussing a tendency in contemporary politics to reduce issues to questions of scientific measures of climate change, Mike Hulme argues for more diverse understandings of climate and change and its impacts on society. I discussed these ideas in my lecture at the London School of Economics, ‘Epistemic Pluralism and Climate Change’ on 10 March 2025, […]