Co-written with colleagues Jan Selby and Wolfgang Cramer, you can read the full essay in the July issue of One Earth … “The idea that there exists a ‘human climate niche’ has become increasingly influential. But this idea rests on flawed and anachronistic determinist premises. It is overly climate-centric in its characterization of the challenges […]
Climatism and Its Discontents: Why Net-Zero Obsession is Unfair to the World’s Poor
The ideology of climatism has dangerous implications for societies, especially for countries such as India whose development trajectory and ambition requires them to pursue a plurality of goals. You can read here my op-ed for India’s OutlookBusiness, an abridged...
My 1989 ‘Climate Book of the Year’
McKibbin,B. (1989) The End of Nature. New York: Random House. 226pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of the 44 years of my professional...
‘Climate Change Isn’t Everything’ … in Korean
Today, 24 June, the Korean edition of ‘Climate Change Isn’t Everything‘ is published. I can’t say I read Korean, but if you do you might like to check out this web-site and blog — and let me know whether...
My 1988 ‘Climate Book of the Year’
Grove,J.M. (1988) The Little Ice Age. (1st Edn.) London: Methuen. 498pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of the 44 years of my professional...
My 1987 ‘Climate Book of the Year’
Barry,R.G. and Chorley,R.J. (1987) Atmosphere, Weather and Climate (5th Edn.). London: Routledge. 460pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of the 44 years of...
My 1986 ‘Climate Book of the Year’
Tickell,C. (1986) Climatic Change and World Affairs. [2nd Edition]. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. 76pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of the...
‘Prominent climate researcher warns: we should not exaggerate problems’
I was interviewed about my latest book, ‘Climate Change Isn’t Everything‘, for the Dutch national TV programme ‘Nieuwsuur‘ on Sunday 3 March. The blurb for the news story runs, “He is certainly not a climate denier. But he does...
My 1985 ‘Climate Book of the Year’
Greene,O., Percival,I. and Ridge,I. (1985) Nuclear Winter. Oxford: Polity Press. 252pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of the 44 years of my professional...
My 1984 ‘Climate Book of the Year’
Schneider,S.H. and Londer,R. (1984) The Co-evolution of Climate and Life. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books. 563pp. This essay initiates my new series of posts. Each month, I highlight and review one ‘climate’ book, selected from one of the...
