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The future of cities: hazards and environmental change - the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, at the British Museum, 14 January 2010. "We all suffer from the disease of what has been called conceptual sclerosis. Little is more difficult than learning to think differently, above all when problems go to the roots of the conventional wisdom. Old ideas haunt us like ghosts. It is time now to turn to the future of our species in a world which is changing before our eyes ... "
Mexico and Latin American Climate Protection Programs operated by the Climate Institute. These include the Sir Crispin Tickell Climate Observatory, the world's highest climate observatory (15,000 ft/4500 m) atop Sierra Negra in Pico de Orizaba National Park in the State of Puebla; the Tickell Observatory Education and Outreach Center in Flor del Bosque, an environmental education park in Puebla; and the Tickell Interactive Network of education and outreach centers.
Conversations with Green Gurus - Promo film for the book of the same name on Youtube. "The collected wisdom of some of the world's most influential environmental movers and shakers is brought together in this one book. Interviewees include energy guru Amory Lovins, former Friends of the Earth Vice Chair Tony Juniper, diplomat Sir Crispin Tickell and business leader Ray Anderson, among others. The end result is an illuminating insight into both general views on sustainability as well as good and bad business decisions made in the search for sustainability.
The challenge is clearer than ever - the response has yet to come - A review of The Economics and Politics of Climate Change, edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn. Oxford University Press 2009 538 pp. Published in the Financial Times 28 November 2009.
Sustainability in China: attitudes past, present and future - Address to the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, at the Naval and Military Club, St James's Square, 23 November 2009.
The theory of evolution: 150 years afterwards (extended version) - a Distinguished Lecture given by the author at the Institute for Catalan Studies, Barcelona, on 29 October 2008. "The robustness of Gaia over 3,600 million years is both impressive and reassuring. She has survived the great extinctions from outside the Earth, and the great catastrophes from within it. This has required a remarkable resilience whereby physical and biological mechanisms have adapted to new circumstances. Regarding humans, we are no more than a small, be it immodest, part of Gaia. Only in the last tick of the clock of geological time did humans make their appearance, and only in the last fraction of it did they make any impact on the Earth system as a whole ... "
Environment and the Muslim Heritage - notes for speech to the Muslim Heritage Awareness Group of the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilization. The Royal Society, 14 July 2009.
Carbon trading and cash values on forests cannot curb carbon emissions - Oscar Reyes argues that climate change solutions cannot be created by unfettered markets, despite what business leaders think, The Guardian, Thursday 28 May 2009. "When Sir Crispin Tickell had the temerity to suggest that 'the business community needs to re-examine the fundamentals of economics' at the recent World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen, his discordant tone was drowned out by a chorus of more than 800 delegates singing the praises of unfettered markets as a means to tackle climate change ... "
Conversations with Green Gurus by Laura Mazur and Louella Miles. This book contains interviews with 15 key environmental thinkers including Sir Crispin Tickell, and represents, say the publishers "the collective wisdom of some of the most influential environmental movers and shakers of our time".
Markets and the environment - are markets enough? - Lecture to the Judge Business School, Cambridge, UK. 20 February 2009.
