This is an essay I had planned to start the year with: a few words of encouragement for anyone feeling demoralized by the backlash against climate action. However, climate action
In this week's edition of The Pointillist, a spotlight on digital public infrastructure (DPI) for people and planet: its promise and perils, its opportunities and risks, and the
In this week's edition of The Pointillist, a focus on climate adaptation in Aotearoa New Zealand, in light of recent extreme weather events. It includes the framing of
In this week's edition of The Pointillist, a spotlight on the energy transition that includes the inexorable rise of batteries, the electrification of economic development, China's
In this week's edition of The Pointillist, a focus on sustainable finance with new research on climate risks, green bonds, disaster-fuelled growth, planetary solvency, Wall Street's
Welcome to the first edition of The Brief, which summarizes the state of knowledge on various transition-related topics. Today's subject is the non-equivalence of biological removals and fossil
In this week's edition, a focus on systems thinking and the social dimensions of transitions, including obstructionism, inequality, backlash, supply chain solidarity, regenerative agriculture, and more. Anyone familiar
In this week's edition, a selection of new reports and charts that coincided with COP30. This includes charts on emissions and climate ambition, the economics of adaptation, just
These are my reflections on COP30, the first climate COP that I have attended. I would like to thank the Toha Network for supporting my travel, Brazil's Ministry
In this week's edition, the dilemmas of digital sovereignty, the gaps in demand-side policy for climate change, a new framing of batteries that historicizes their importance, and more.
In this week's edition, the S-curve in climate policy, steps forward and backward in net-zero transitions, the politics of insurance, and the self-reinforcing feedbacks of economic inequality and
Welcome to the first edition of The Pointillist, a quick-fire collage of new reports, links, insights, journal articles, charts, and other things that caught my attention in recent weeks. Enjoy!
