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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. [ ] The post FAQ on ‘Clean Energy Shift’ – what it is and why it matters first appeared on Mark Lynas . The post FAQ on Clean Energy Shift what it is and why it matters appeared first on Mark Lynas .
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 [ ] The post Why is the Marine Stewardship Council giving this Norwegian trawler company ‘license to krill’? first appeared on Mark Lynas . The post Why is the Marine Stewardship Council giving this Norwegian…
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 [ ] The post To help the climate, we need to get positive about energy first appeared on Mark Lynas . The post To help the climate, we need to get positive about energy appeared first on Mark Lynas .
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 [ ] The post As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets first appeared on Mark Lynas . The post As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets appeared first on Mark Lynas .
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 [ ] The post Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever first appeared on Mark Lynas . The post Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever appeared first on Mark Lynas .
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 [ ] The post Hope and memory in Hiroshima: A journey from Mount Fuji to global zero first appeared on Mark Lynas . The post Hope and memory in Hiroshima: A journey from Mount Fuji to global zero appeared first on Mark Lynas…
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 [ ] The post This is how to avoid annihilating ourselves in a nuclear war – NewScientist first appeared on Mark Lynas . The post This is how to avoid annihilating ourselves in a nuclear war NewScientist appeared first on Mark Lynas .
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 [ ] The post One Nuclear War Can Ruin the Whole Climate – WSJ first appeared on Mark Lynas . The post One Nuclear War Can Ruin the Whole Climate WSJ appeared first on Mark Lynas .
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 [ ] The post New book – Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It first appeared on Mark Lynas . The post New book Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It appeared first on Mark Lynas .
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 [ ] The post Trump wins – but don’t despair first appeared on Mark Lynas . The post Trump wins – but don t despair appeared first on Mark Lynas .