Hosting a two-day conference for forest scientists at St James’s Palace in London, the Prince of Wales satirised those who stand in the way of climate action, characterising them as “the confirmed sceptics” and “the international association of corporate lobbyists”. Faced with these forces of opposition, “science finds itself up the proverbial double blind gum tree”, he added. May 11, 2013 at 02:57PM

The science of certainty involves a scientific method of separating Hard Trends – trends that will happen – from Soft Trends – trends that might happen. This method is currently being used by many Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Deloitte, and Pratt & Whitney to name a few, to provide an accurate roadmap of the opportunities that are ahead…

Some key points by fellow futurist David Burrus- must read! March 14, 2013 at 02:02AM

Mobility is more than ‘access via a mobile device’. The mobile device is inherently generative i.e. it leans to creation of content rather than pure consumption of content. Along with the Web, Mobility leads to converting closed systems to platforms. Platforms are more than APIs. Platforms are enablers for others to add innovation to your system. There is a cost to ‘non participation’ as Kodak, Jessops and many others have found out. January 15, 2013 at 12:31AM

• The United Nations did nothing. Fifty thousand people met in Rio; who-knows-how-many traveled to Qatar. And that all resulted in a vague promise to maybe do something in 2013. The U.N.’s ability to mandate change is certainly limited, but that it didn’t mandate any at an enormously critical time is not just incompetent, it’s immoral….”
Gerd adds: I tend to agree - appalling, really December 23, 2012 at 03:31AM

One thing that’s clear is that decarbonising electric power will be critical for solving climate change. Even assuming big gains in efficiency, the world will need about twice as much electricity in 2050 as it does today. The problem is that, as of today, most of the world’s electricity comes from coal (40%) and gas (20%), with hydroelectric (16%) and nuclear (13%) by far the largest low-carbon sources December 23, 2012 at 07:39AM

the exchange deserves attention because it demonstrates why America has never had—and, at the rate things are going, never will have—an even remotely sane energy policy”

Gerd comments: totally pathetic, really ;) October 20, 2012 at 02:20PM

Satellite images show the Arctic ice cap melted to 1.32 million square miles (3.4 million square kilometers) as of September 16, the predicted lowest point for the year, according to data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. September 28, 2012 at 07:55PM