![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The entrepreneurs behind Hamburg’s booming start-up scene.The rise of Extinction Rebellion and the UK tightening its carbon reduction targets are two examples. These changes happened, at least in part, because kids, partly inspired by Greta Thunberg, were taking to the streets to demand climate action. The new edition is an opportunity to talk about some big shifts that were taking place even before the pandemic. The energy transition and climate action is a really fast-changing scene. The original version of There is No Planet B was published two years ago. Even most climate policymakers have yet to “get their head around” the fact that any real dent has yet to be made in the carbon curve or that all fossil fuels now need to stay in the ground, he says. He ends his book with 14 points every politician should understand “before they are fit for office”. The culture of a company is just as important as its energy policies if net zero is to be reached, he insists, commenting: “In the 21st century it is totally unhelpful to have organisations that exist primarily in order to make a profit.” ![]()
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