Forecasters of the energy transition keep making the same mistake: radically underestimating the pace of change. Events of the last week show that the transition will continue to accelerate. To get ahead of the game, we need to think in curves instead of straight lines. Investors need to learn quickly, or else they […]
Author: Simon Sharpe
Telling the boiling frog what he needs to know: thresholds of risk and opportunity in the science and economics of climate change
Humanity’s situation with respect to climate change is sometimes compared to that of a frog in a slowly boiling pot of water, meaning that change will happen too gradually for us to appreciate the likelihood of catastrophe and act before it is too late. With all the scientific and economic […]