Keynote speech for Act Now for an Equitable and Sustainable World (22/9/2021) “Thank you for the chance to speak at this event! I have studied and worked with climate action since 2014 concentrating on mitigation which means reducing climate-heating emissions from human activities. …

There has been considerable debate over individual lifestyle change as a political means to achieve society-wide decarbonization. The purpose of this post is not to take a political position to which one is more important, individual or collective action, but rather to show what I have done to limit my…

“Domestic aviation is not the biggest problem, the problem is global growth. 80 % of aviation is 1500+ km. (A certain Nordic airline) will have some electric planes on short routes in ten years to my knowledge. The reason why aviation is being discussed is the cumulative growth out to…

Being honest about climate change is something that has eluded our species, our culture, our economies and our behavior for a long time. I was once perhaps a bit too grandiose in framing the context merely by looking at the science. To approach an issue which is essential and imminent…

Thinking about climate change is not something that comes naturally to humans — or ‘consumers’ as we have called ourselves for decades. It is not only emotionally unpleasant but mentally extremely challenging. I argue that most of us do not grasp how immediate this situation has become, how fast it…

Climate change is hard to think about in an emotional sense. There are dark periods of political inaction and hostility, emerging security risks and sheer anxiety of losing natural systems like the Great Barrier Reef. On the other hand, some climate action initiatives in planning seem to take epic proportions…