Insights

Today’s contribution to THE FUTURE WE WANT series is by Professor Mette High, Director of the Centre for Energy Ethics and Professor in Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews, and Claire Haigh, Founder & CEO Greener Vision and Creator of The Tabula Project. We are at a critical point in our struggle to tackle the…

Today’s contribution to THE FUTURE WE WANT series is by Cllr Bridget Smith, Leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council. Bridget has been the leader of Council since 2018 and sits on the boards of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and the Cambridge Growth Company’s Advisory Council. The consultation on a new Climate and Nature…

Today’s contribution to THE FUTURE WE WANT series is by Patrick Harvie MSP, the Net Zero, Constitution and External Affairs Spokesperson for the Scottish Greens. Patrick was co-Leader of the Scottish Greens 2008-2025 and one of the first Green politicians in the UK to serve as a government minister. Over the past year, I’ve been…

Today’s contribution to THE FUTURE WE WANT is by Paul Campion, CEO at TRL We all want the same things: we want to live in comfort and security; we want our children to flourish; we want to be cherished in the bosom of our friends and/or family; we want the world to be fair and…

Today’s contribution to THE FUTURE WE WANT is by Lisa Hopkinson, Director at Transport for Quality of Life. Last year the world’s largest survey on climate change found that the vast majority (80%) of people worldwide support stronger action to combat climate change. In the UK the figure was 84%. Moreover, people of all political…

Today’s contribution to THE FUTURE WE WANT is by Xavier Brice, CEO of the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust.   Imagine a device that could move us from a-to-b instantly and effortlessly. One that took up hardly any space, produced no emissions or pollutants, in fact no apparent negative impact at all (‘externalities’ as they are known…

How will we live together in the future?  How will we care for each other and the environment on which we depend?  How can we overcome the obstacles and challenges we face in the present to build a fairer, cleaner, safer future for us all?   THE FUTURE WE WANT is a series of articles…

At the opening of the COP30 climate summit UN Secretary-General António Guterres chastised nations for their failure to limit warming to 1.5°C.  “Too many corporations are making record profits from climate devastation, with billions spend on lobbying, deceiving the public and obstructing progress… Too many leaders remain captive to these entrenched interests”.  “This is moral…

“The goal is a new integrated framework for thought. The whole mind is in balance, with thoughts, feelings and intuitions working together in harmony.  The mind becomes a tool at our disposal.  Free from incessant thoughts we can become open to new insights and will eventually be able to reach a place of enlightenment.” The…

“Our minds are often cluttered with repetitive thoughts that make it very difficult for us to be fully present.  Managing the mind is a key skill, and this includes the discipline at times to be able to switch thought off.  We need to discover the ability to live fully in the here and now.  This…

Faulty perception is at the root of our suffering and of much of the trouble in the world.  If we can correct this perception the world will radically change. We need to examine ourselves, the filter through which we perceive the world.  This leads to recognition of our fundamental interdependence with each other and the…

Transport is the fastest growing source of global greenhouse GHG emissions and the UK’s biggest polluting sector.  Emissions from road transport – 95% of the UK’s transport total – have hardly changed since 1990. Vehicles efficiency gains have been largely offset by larger vehicles and rising demand. According to the Climate Change Committee, the annual…