Blocking the Sun: The UK’s Bold Climate Experiment and What It Really Means

Blocking the Sun: The UK’s Bold Climate Experiment and What It Really Means

In April, UK Scientists were granted funding (CIEL 2025)to investigate geoengineering projects aimed at blocking sunlight to reduce surface temperatures and slow down climate change. Whilst the thought of the UK, a country famous for its complaints about rain and poor...
A COP-Out or Common Sense? The Wait for a COP-Led Global Carbon Market Continues

A COP-Out or Common Sense? The Wait for a COP-Led Global Carbon Market Continues

COP (Conference of the Parties) global climate summits have been running for nearly three decades[1]. The most recent of which, number 27, concluded on Sunday 20th November after 13 days of talks held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The planned agenda[2] was rigorous and...
4 Reasons Why Sustainability Is Key to Commercial Success

4 Reasons Why Sustainability Is Key to Commercial Success

In the wake of Shell and BP announcing record-breaking profits for 2022 driven by the increase in wholesale gas prices following the war in Ukraine, their sustainability targets have been placed firmly in the back seat. BP announced that its profits had doubled to...
The Growing Impact of Climate Change on Commodity Markets

The Growing Impact of Climate Change on Commodity Markets

By definition, a commodity is a basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other goods of the same type. Because of their substantially interchangeable nature, commodities trading has been evolving with humans since 4000 BC, when people in Sumer used...