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12 March 2020
Six things I learned from my time at Kakuma refugee camp with iamtheCODE
I spent five days in Kakuma refugee camp on an iamtheCODE.org mission. The organisation has…
6 March 2020
Six truly inspirational women – for International Women’s Day
On Sunday it is International Women’s Day. I will be celebrating with the girls of Kakuma refugee…
27 February 2020
Thinking the unthinkable. Radical solutions for climate change – we got ‘em!
Nothing like some trolling by people whose side you’re on to make you feel good. Earlier in the…
19 February 2020
Meet iamtheCODE
I am excited that at the beginning of March I am travelling to the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya to…
14 February 2020
BP’s net zero plans and KKR’s new impact fund. Stepping stones towards Global Goals?
I am taking a moment to examine the two huge Global Goals related news stories in the past 48…
6 February 2020
Is COP26 in Glasgow our last shot at a meaningful cut in carbon emissions? Christiana Figueres interview
Leadership Matters! Within the gossip and mud throwing around the sacking of Claire O’Neill from…
3 February 2020
Climate Change at Davos 2020 – nine key voices (videos)
At Davos 2020 I was fortunate enough to speak to a wide variety of interesting, knowledgeable and…
31 January 2020
Davos 2020: AI, Greta, changing capitalism and women on the moon…
It’s fairly easy to write Davos off as the place where billionaires go to meet other billionaires…
16 January 2020
Climate change, Gen-Z, Stakeholder Capitalism – the key themes for Davos 2020
So here we are hurtling towards the end of January and that can only mean one thing - it is time…
3 January 2020
Mark Carney makes the financial case for tackling climate change
I believe that in 2020 we’ll hear a lot more about what I consider to be the most important issue…
20 December 2019
2020 – are we on a Highway to Hell?
As AC/DC memorably sang a few decades ago - are we on a Highway to Hell? Well sometimes I……
19 December 2019
The 2019 election – a new dawn in the UK’s battle against climate change?
Notable for its staggering lack of leadership from governments, COP25 failed to deliver. “The point…
9 December 2019
New Global GoalsCast – can companies save the planet?
As you may know through Greta Thunberg’s boating escapades, the interjection from the Pope, and the…
2 December 2019
Q and A with Ibrahim Kondeh – one migrant’s journey
“I didn’t become strong because I wanted to: I became strong because I had to." Map of Ibrahim’s…
22 November 2019
How technology is tackling the slave trade
In 1807 William Wilberforce, along with many supporters, managed to put an end to the Transatlantic…
18 November 2019
Can a simple text message change a life? For migrants it can
I am really excited to say that the second part of @globalgoalscast's episode on migration is now…
8 November 2019
I’m a migrant too… why we need a new debate on migration
The recent discovery of the bodies of 39 Vietnamese migrants in a truck in Essex has once again…
5 November 2019
New Global GoalsCast podcast episode – one migrant’s story
His name is Ibrahim Adnan Kondeh. He is one of thousands of young Africans who have crossed the…
23 October 2019
Are you ready for lab grown meat?
Every once in awhile, I give in and have a steak. A lot less than I used to, but sometimes I end up…
18 October 2019
Maybe the poor won’t always be with us – Global GoalsCast series 2 episode 3
Way before I knew about the SDGs (and before they - or their predecessors the Millennium…
16 October 2019
Why we should care who makes vegan food…
Why should we care who makes vegan food? Sure, vegans should - but does it matter to the rest…
4 October 2019
New Global GoalsCast podcast lands – is the tide turning on climate change action?
Really excited to say that the new episode of Global GoalsCast - the podcast on…
3 October 2019
Four things I learned on my trip to UNGA (also known as Global Goals Week / Climate Week)
Last week I returned to the US, mainly to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, but also to…
25 September 2019
Season three of Global Goals Cast lands
This week I am in New York for UNGA which lands in between the #ClimateStrike and the…
19 September 2019
In favor of #ClimateAction – a response to Jonathan Franzen
On Friday 20th September, millions of young people across the globe will participate in massive…
5 September 2019
Is it time for a meat tax?
In the last month there have been two big stories about diet and climate change. The one was that…
19 July 2019
Some surprising stats about the future of transport
At the end of June at the Transition Forum conference in Monaco it was my pleasure to meet up again…
1 July 2019
The innovative food based startups that are inspiring me
From Silicon Valley companies working on the next generation of meat free burgers through to local…
21 June 2019
What I learned at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2019
I was in Cannes for the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity last week. I worked with Hub Culture,…
4 June 2019
Five things I learnt about the future for global health
I recently spent some time at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva mainly recording interviews…