Wales Net Zero - Enabling the Transition by 2035
Can a nation be Net Zero? Can Wales? Pathways to a prosperous and resilient Wales in a changing future: Jyoti Banerjee reports on the work of the Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group.
Introducing Fens Transition Lab
Today North Star Transition starts investigating how a Fens Transition Lab would work across the East of England. Jyoti Banerjee lays out how our collaboration with Anglian Water and the Environment Agency will impact the lives of all who dwell in the Fens.
Investing in Landscape Transformation
Large-scale investment funding is missing in action when it comes to transforming landscapes. In 2023, North Star Transition and its partners have continued to find out how to unlock this critical piece of the funding puzzle. Jyoti Banerjee reports on our investigations.
Wales chooses #FutureGen architect to speed up Net Zero transition
Jane Davidson has been appointed to lead the Wales Net Zero 2035 group to help the country speed the transition to Net Zero. Jyoti Banerjee, appointed to the group, explores the challenges ahead to imagine a fairer, more sustainable Wales.
Wales Transition Lab plots its next steps
In April, our Wales Transition Lab team enjoyed an excellent opportunity to meet some of the Lab’s participants at the wonderful Spark building in Cardiff. Jyoti Banerjee reports back on the new ideas and hopes being brought into the Lab.
Wye-Usk Transition Lab: Transforming a landscape
The Wye and Usk are storied and much-loved rivers that also happen to be some of the unhealthiest waterways in the UK. What does it take to transform the Wye and Usk catchments? Luke Penny and Jyoti Banerjee lay the case for a Wye-Usk Transition Lab.
Accelerating Systemic Transformation - Wales case Study
North Star Transition has been invited to share its learnings from the Wales Transition Lab at a IIEP / ASU-Thunderbird webinar on Nov 10, 2021, entitled “Accelerating Systemic Transformation: A Case Study from Wales.”
Sam’s walk to COP26
Sam Baker, our friend and colleague, is en route to COP26 in Glasgow. As are many others. Some participants might get there by jet, even private jet. Others might take a train or car. Sam’s going to walk. We asked Sam to share the story of Walk2COP26, and what he hopes to achieve by it.
TCFD is A First Step. We must not stop here.
Jyoti Banerjee was invited to contribute an op-ed to a TCFD report from Newton, a long-term active manager owned by Bank of New York Mellon. Here’s the text of his article, as published in Newton’s 2020 report.
Finance Transition Lab - reshaping Finance beyond ESG
North Star Transition is launching Finance Transition Lab, an initiative aimed at reshaping finance to go beyond ESG. The Lab will start with a series of three Dialogues, the first of which will be held on June 10th, 2021. Jyoti Banerjee answers our questions.
ESG is a dead end. Do we care?
ESG is a dead end. Yet, there is an increased demand for ESG investments as investors seek to incorporate socially conscious principles into their portfolios without sacrificing performance. Jyoti Banerjee investigates regenerative concepts as a better way of addressing our degenerative failures in investment and business.
Partnering on systemic change: UCL and North Star Transition
UCL’s Prof. Chris Rapley was quite clear on his reason for collaborating with North Star Transition: he had spent thirty years trying to persuade policy-makers that scientific evidence required them to act on the emergent climate crisis, but with insufficient effect. He wanted to see a new approach taken in the push for climate action.
US agriculture: a case for systemic thinking
The US is regarded as the world’s bread basket. So are we acting on the systemic crisis afflicting US agriculture? Jyoti Banerjee explores an interesting example of the North Star Transition approach when applied to this situation.
Obstacles to change: why the system seems immovable
Why does the global human-economic system seem immovable, even when its participants face possible extinction through its working? Jyoti Banerjee explores tools that can help shift the system.