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Combining new economics, systems change, and transition planning: we need “the how”
New economics needs a transition plan. It needs clarity on its end point. It needs far more emphasis on the “how” of systems change. This “working graphic” and article combines thoughts on a new economics framework: across a selection of existing frameworks, metrics, principles across “new,” “wellbeing,” “sustainable,” “environmental” economics…
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New economics desperately needs a transition plan
Two things must happen in 2026 to accelerate the move away from GDP and growth-at-all-costs toward judging society based on what actually matters for people and the environment. The world is not working well enough for enough people For all the commentary that different indicators show progress over the years…
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2026 Sustainability: Find your critical mass
If there was ever a time for sustainability to be more than compliance, it’s now. To be a value, a process, and a reality. We’re hitting irreversible tipping points across climate and nature. So many suffer in totally preventable nightmares, either in conflict or in the supply chains that give…
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The energy transition must flip its narrative from baseline to top-up
Electricity demand is rising fast. And we need to decarbonize. We have the technologies to generate clean energy—but not the consensus across industry and policymakers on how to assemble them into a coherent grid. Too often we see the energy transition framed by businesses and politicians with the need for…
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The energy sector is failing to connect short-term pressure with long-term transitions
As a senior leader in the energy and utilities industry (E&U), you understand the sector, your firm, your team, and you know that all have to transition. But you’re also in a system that doesn’t allow these transitions to happen—certainly not at the speed required and not when it comes…
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The C-Suite and Sustainability: Time is running out for YOU to lead vs. being forced
There is still time for you personally, as a senior leader in any organization, to get ahead of the trajectory of sustainability. Still time for you, your teams, and your organization to be the one that policymakers, consumers, and your peers look to once the systems change we know will…
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Businesses must get ahead of tipping points. But when are they coming?
No one knows when real systems change or the tipping points that trigger it will happen. But every individual, team, or organization can get ahead. This article aims to provide some direction while launching a bigger discussion. I’ve outlined past systemic changes below, positive and negative, and futures where environmental,…
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Hosting COP in fossil fuel economies isn’t the problem. Freedom is
We didn’t do enough in Glasgow in 2021. We haven’t done enough since in Sharm El-Sheikh, Dubai, or in Baku this year. The UK and the entire rich world are fossil fuel economies as much as anywhere—historically and currently. But at least in 2021 I could call the Prime Minister…
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GB Energy needs a systemic approach. And headlines
The second of two post-European-election articles explores the potential of Great British Energy. The first explored how new UK and European Union leaders must bind together global climate allies. The new UK government has a mandate to be ambitious. GB Energy, a new public investment vehicle, must embody that ambition…
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EY vs Lisa Simpson: My (rare) optimism for a corporate tagline
Corporate taglines usually fade with haste. Remember that Accenture stands for “Accent on the Future”? Or, to pick on myself, that in 2019 the Liberal Democrats thought “Stop Brexit” would win the UK general election? EY recently launched “Shape the future with confidence”. And while you could glance and wince…
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