Climate change sell-out or landmark global warming fightback? Whatever your point of view, Cop28, the 28th such meeting of its kind, was not short on controversy. This year the event was held in Dubai and 84,000 people registered to attend. Critics often point to the carbon footprint of moving this many people from place to […]
Paris 1919 and 2015 – Shaping the World
The climate agreement struck in Peru a couple of weeks ago also appears largely positive and sets the stage …
Cuba and Scenario Planning
While the fate of Alan Gross is clearly part of the change in policy on Cuba, my guess is that Obama …
Happiness in Mega Cities ?
Visiting Sao Paolo, one is struck by the size and scope of the city which is the 7th most populous in the world and struggles to maintain social cohesion …
The Link Between Business Strategy and Geopolitics
As companies expand across the planet, they open themselves up to geopolitical risks for which they are unaccustomed. Managing these risks require a new mindset, an expanded toolbox, and possibly new people.
Innovation and Energy
In a series of posts about shale gas back in January, I made the point that one of effects of the increase in gas production in the United States was to suppress the price of natural gas and make it more difficult for utility scale wind and solar energy to compete with natural gas. Last week, […]
