The Earthbound Report

Last week I wrote about how Britain was built for a different climate, and how a growing number of buildings are overheating in the summer. In order to do anything about that, we’re going to need to understand the causes of overheating. Bui...

Hum, by Helen Philips, has been awarded the Climate Fiction Award for 2026. Her novel explores “the intersection of climate, technology and AI” and is naturally available from Earthbound ...

One of the rewarding aspects of covering sustainability stories over time is watching good ideas creep towards the mainstream. Technologies and approaches that were once filed as alternative move from being theoretical to operational. They ...

Last week Britain recorded its highest ever May temperature, at 38.4C – and it did so comprehensively. This is a full two degrees warmer than the previous record. That kind of heat would have been almost unheard of not so long ago in mid-summer, let alone the spring.

When I hear the term ‘climate finance’, I think of banks, governments and and big institutional funders. I think about the UN, the IMF, and international conferences where multi-billion dollar funding streams are negotiated. It turns out I might have had it upside down.

Out of curiosity, I downloaded the latest