FAQ on ‘Clean Energy Shift’ – what it is and why it matters
Recently I and two co-authors – Kwesi Quagraine and Erle Ellis – proposed a new metric for how to measure and track the progress of the clean energy transition worldwide. […]
Why is the Marine Stewardship Council giving this Norwegian trawler company ‘license to krill’?
Back in the 19th century, people used to boil penguins (sometimes alive) for theiroil. Millions of seals were driven inland from the beaches of sub-Antarctic islands like South Georgia and […]
To help the climate, we need to get positive about energy
Key messages from our new paper in Nature – by Mark Lynas, Erle Ellis and Kwesi Quagraine. Want to solve climate change? Then stop with the negativity. Yes, global warming […]
As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets
Our paper in Nature, published 26 January 2026. In it we propose replacing the central focus on 1.5C – a goal which is being missed – with a new metric […]
Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever
International waters, also known as the high seas, make up 61% of the ocean and cover 43% of Earth’s surface — amounting to two-thirds of the biosphere by volume. They have […]
Hope and memory in Hiroshima: A journey from Mount Fuji to global zero
This is actually the epilogue from my book, extracted in Geographical magazine. A trip to Hiroshima past Mount Fuji, some karaoke and oysters, memories of 6 August 1945, and a […]
This is how to avoid annihilating ourselves in a nuclear war – NewScientist
The good news is that we might be about to solve the Fermi paradox. Many have long suspected that the reason why there don’t seem to be millions of talkative […]
One Nuclear War Can Ruin the Whole Climate – WSJ
By Mark Lynas and Ted Nordhaus First published in the Wall Street Journal, 15 May 2025 The world is on the brink of a climate apocalypse—not one caused by gradual […]
New book – Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It
The day of the war dawns like any other. There is no warning, and across New York people are beginning their daily routines. No air raid sirens wail and no […]
Trump wins – but don’t despair
At least the hoping is over. This morning the United States of America, the most advanced and successful nation our world has ever seen, has re-elected an authoritarian demagogue who […]