This post borrows from and builds on my four previous posts about Jackdaw and Rosebank. Summary: The UK Government has now given the go-ahead for the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea. This is not simply a decision about one development. It exposes a fundamental contradiction between the Government's stated climate commitments, its claims […]

My colleague Dr Dan Calverley and I recently provided a detailed expert report in a landmark case brought by ten Australians before the UN Human Rights Committee. The case challenges the Australian government's continued support for coal and gas exports and their contribution to climate change and associated human rights harms. The case comes in […]

On 24th July 2026, I wrote to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) regarding the proposed Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas developments (the letter is here). As a matter of courtesy, the letter was also copied to my local MP, Mr Jon […]

Below is the foreword I wrote for my Tyndall colleagues' detailed and rigorous report examining whether further expansion of Heathrow can be reconciled with the UK's domestic, legally binding carbon budgets. The report, Heathrow Airport Expansion: Risks for the Climate Change Act, was published last week (3rd Sept. 2026). Its lead author, Dr Lois Pennington, subsequently […]

I was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the industry and got in touch with a question about whether the UK should develop more of its own oil and gas rather than […]

Response to a letter from Stephanie Loo, Myles Allen & colleagues to the DESNZ Secretary of State about offsetting continued fossil fuel production with future CCS and engineered removals A letter compiled by Stephanie Loo, Myles Allen and a small team of colleagues, and countersigned by a long list of academics and others, has called […]

Note: My contributions to this site have always focused on climate change. Today, however, I'm posting something rather different. It concerns the academic community of which I am part, and the deeply uncomfortable questions raised by the recent death of Jason Arday. Although it has no direct climate dimension, I feel there is an important responsibility […]

Below is a letter that Kevin Anderson and University of Manchester colleagues have sent to the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State, and Ministers at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The letter addresses the proposed further development of the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields. The authors are University of Manchester […]

In February 2026, I joined Rob Cooper for an in-depth conversation on his YouTube channel and podcast. Below is a concise summary of the discussion, followed by links to both platforms and the full interview. ______ This long-form interview sets out what the climate science, carbon budgets, and our international climate commitments together imply. Starting […]

I was invited to contribute as an expert witness to the Scottish Parliament's Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee inquiry into the Scottish Government's Draft Climate Change Plan. The full transcript and video of the evidence session I attended are open access and are available via the links below. Transcript: https://www.parliament.scot/api/sitecore/CustomMedia/OfficialReport?meetingId=16770    (NB. error on pages 33-34. The text should […]