Dear COP27 attendee, I hope you are enjoying the party. Yes, that’s exactly what you are doing right now; having a party. You may have convinced yourself and those within your organisation/society/institution/business that attending was vital. You’ve probably ‘greenwashed’ your thoughts and convinced yourself that however you got to Sharm El-Sheikh, your

It's not usual for us here at Weatherweb to wade into the political sphere, but the invasion of Ukraine and the horrific stories and images emerging from there raise several questions about our dependence on fossil fuels. The funding for the military, logistical and propaganda campaign has been provided by a

One of the major problems with the climate change story is that it can create a sense of hopelessness amongst farmers (and the wider population) that there’s little that can be done and that bad weather is out of control. Alarmist media stories build on this narrative and one such story

I posted this on Facebook ( www.facebook.com/froups/weatherschool/ ) yesterday, but thought it may be of interest for those of you who haven't seen it... Climate change discussions make me feel incredibly uncomfortable regarding freedom of speech. Note that below I make no statement about my own climate change views. There is no doubt

Last weeks IPPR report made several claims relating to climate. I thought you might be interested in a piece I wrote for Farmers Guardian about the report. Note this is not climate-change scepticism but heartfelt disappointment at how useless much scientific communication is. Was this more about publicity than fact checking I