All welcome to my Green Templeton talk tomorrow (Friday) at 9.45. From Carbon Footprints to Brainprints. Register here: gtc.ox.ac.uk/news-and-event
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Beyond Carbon Neutrality: A lecture by Geoff Lye in Oxford on Monday 2 March - further information and registration at: gtc.ox.ac.uk/eventbrite-eve
Interesting take from Bojo Mustgo: bit.ly/2rYSqgU. Maybe we can unseat him in Uxbridge? #UnseatBoris
Great evening assured 21 June when Judi Dench - Patron of our South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership - premieres her new documentary. #JudiTalksBorneo Please join us and/or retweet.
Brilliant HBR blog by my friend and colleague, Introduces the concept of the Carbon Vortex – hopefully grabbing the attention of progressive business leaders in 2018: bit.ly/2lWT2wM
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All generations here at powerful, peaceful Red Line rally near Arc de Triomphe. Uplifting!
Let's hope my analysis of Thursday text proves correct: sustainability.com/blog/it-s-frid
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“If I had one bag of money, I’d be giving it to the Brazilians and the forest countries” Mitchell on
Every COP has its nuggets, but the real gold is in the people. See my latest blogs: bit.ly/1IHc031
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Latest draft COP text released: bit.ly/1jO1v1Q Cut to 29 pages from 50, but multiple options/brackets suggest long nights ahead....
Hours for an ambitious #climate plan-our future in your hands #Jinping #COP21 secure.avaaz.org/en/coalition_o
I'm coming out of Twitter hibernation to report on COP 21 through my latest blog series. The first two are here: bit.ly/1kVdmN0
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#BMF Borneo donations creeping up with match =£210,000 and nearly a week to go. Original target of £300K will be met, now trying 4 £500K
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Breaking my Twitter sabbatical to help connect islands of life: bit.ly/1bCn1l7 Only 9 days to go. Please RT to spread the word
Excellent staff letter from Barclays CEO: have worked with him and know he means every word. Tempted to buy shares....
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Great piece from Volans CEO on the need to re-frame future thinking and for businesses to up game on sustainability: bit.ly/x5uIpE
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Fancy a stemburger anyone? bit.ly/yhPC8c Radical biological innovations look set to transform 21st century resource productivity.
Good COP 17 outcomes have broken the post Copenhagen roadblocks with a new roadmap. See blogs for the inside stories. bit.ly/rGSrzS
Bhopal disaster surfaces for London Olympics: bit.ly/tUmRp5 Technical, legal defences are still failing to protect Dow's reputation
What's next in sustainability labelling? New report suggests fundamental shift is needed: ow.ly/7vhI3
RT @SustAbility: 'Changing Tack' column launch on : on 'The Power of Leading from the Middle' bit.ly/r525iq
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Radical transparency at work. Well done George.! But why am I unwilling to follow? bit.ly/oPcQrs & bit.ly/qAMcap
OffYourFace Facebook? Diageo's new deal based on 20% sales growth 'as result of Facebook activity'. Depressing! tinyurl.com/5w4k5oy
Sainsbury's Taste The Diiference loaf label: 'Kalmata Olive Bread - may contain olive'. Maybe that's the difference?!
Negative interest paid on Swiss deposits & Abercrombie pay celebs NOT to wear their brand . Next: pay oil cos. to leave reserves untouched?
Unilever CEO yet again identifies new accountabilities of business and need to address Gen Y issues: tgr.ph/rmbi7H Great leadership!
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Seen in today's paper 'If you laid all economists end to end, that would would be a very good idea indeed'. Started my day with a smile.
Lightning strikes Amazon's Cloud: tinyurl.com/3rssf97 'Failsafe' systems again show their vulnerability.
Game changer for fossil fuel companies & investors - 80% of reserves could be stranded, devastating balance sheets: carbontracker.org/carbonbubble
Latest game-changer. Bank of NY Mellon charging clients to hold deposits: http://tinyurl.com/3tbh5c8. Be ready for more tectonic shifts.
Just received David Fleming's posthumous book Lean Logic - he'd been working on it since I worked with him in the 80s.: http://bit.ly/ozWHQ4
Full Tweet was to welcome Aviva's continuing leadership as an active investor. Vedanta is latest target: http://tinyurl.com/3dgrkkm
I've argued that stranded assets will massively undermine fossil fuel companies' value. Others are waking up this too: http://bit.ly/p0rIAF
Bought my first & last copy of now defunct News of the World. The beginning of the end for Murdochs ethically & politically corrupt empire?