Two weeks ago today, the IPCC released its sixth report best summarised as putting the planet on "code red." As headlines, it had a half-life of twenty-four hours and was quickly eclipsed by other much less momentous, short term, attention-grabbing material to attract attention to advertising.
This morning, I listened to the news as the CEO of London City Airport enthused that they were committing to further growth based on feedback from the City of London and Canary Wharf.
I think it asks a serious question of us. How do we address the most critical thing in the world when the problem isn't carbon; it's us?
How do we move away from the polarities of established corporate culture on the one hand and combative protest on the other?
How do we address the challenge that Thomas Kuhn identified over fifty years ago, that 'Novelty emerges only with difficulty, manifested by … lifelong resistance' from those 'whose productive careers have committed them to an older tradition?"
Perhaps the answe…
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