(7 August) I have a short on-line commentary ‘400ppm: symbolism, dread and panic’ at Society and Space (Environment & Planning D), one of a number of essays commenting on the Mauna Loa CO2 concentration exceeding 400ppm for the first time.
Should politics really be taken out of climate change?
(10 July) ‘Should the politics really be taken out of climate change?’ See my short comment over at the 3S Blog on a recent Guardian on-line commentary calling for Australian climate policy to be set by experts not politicians.
Climate change and virtue: an apologetic
(13 May) ‘Climate change and virtue: an apologetic’. The transcript for my Annual Religious Studies Lecture at Queen’s University Belfast, 1 May 2013, can be found here.
Bruno Latour, the Holberg Prize and weather talk
(12 June) I have a new blog post at the 3S Blog: ‘Bruno Latour, the Holberg Prize and weather talk’ in which I reflect on the value of talking about the weather in public conversations about climate change.
‘Why we disagree ….’ on YouTube
(6 June) ‘Why we disagree about climate change’ I have a new YouTube video outlining the ideas behind the book and trailing my new book out in August: ‘Exploring climate change through science and in society’.
Climate change and virtue: an apologetic
(13 May) ‘Climate change and virtue: an apologetic’. The transcript for my Annual Relgious Studies Lecture at Queen’s University Belfast, 1 May 2013, can be found here.
Metaphors: taking responsibility for our choices
(6 May) I have a new blog post at the UEA 3S Blog [now defunct: 19-Jan-2021]: ‘Metaphors: taking responsibility for our choices’ in which I reflect on the power and hazards of crafting metaphors in environmental science. A few weeks ago at the launch event of the York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) I heard Johann […]
‘A safe operating space for humanity’: do people’s beliefs need to change?
(24 April) You can view the video here of the talk I gave at the launch of the York Environmental Sustainability Institute, 8-9 April, University of York. The slides are here and I have posted here the transcript of the talk.
‘To know thy place’
(27 March) NEW review essay: ‘To know thy place: geography and the humanities’. I have recently published this review essay in Progress in Human Geography, vol.37(2), pp.306-310, reflecting on the following two books, both published in 2011: “Envisioning Landscapes, Making Worlds: Geography and the Humanities”, edited by Stephen Daniels et al. and “GeoHumanities: Art, History, Text at the Edge […]
Does (climate) science need to be consensual to be authoritative?
(27 February) “Does (climate) science need to be consensual to be authoritative?” You can view my talk here which was given on Wednesday 6 February 2013 at the STEPS Centre Conference on ‘Credibility across cultures‘. A longer version of this is being prepared for a book, but I have posted here a summary of my argument. It […]
