Alessandro Gimona
Beyond greenwishing: facing the hard truths of climate change
At every year’s climate negotiations, a crucial question looms: what are the odds that we can limit global warming to the critical threshold of 1.5°C? The answer depends on the “safe” carbon budget concept, which represents the cap on total emissions that humanity can afford to release, while still having a chance to stay below […]
Sustainability Is Our Only Chance For Prosperity
By Alessandro Gimona, ICS. In her address to world leaders at COP 26, the late Queen remarked that true statesmanship lies in deploying one’s courage and vision to the benefit of future generations. This apparently simple proposition would require a radical transformation of our political system and societal structures. For decades political short-termism has instead […]