Pete Irvine

1 month ago | news.wickedproblems.uk | Richard Delevan |Pete Irvine |Josh Horton

Welcome back. Are you Zen now or still want more winning? All will become clear. It didn’t take a genius to figure out that passing 1.5C would result in previously-taboo ideas like scaling carbon removals and solar geoengineering would rapidly get traction in the mainstream discourse. I know it doesn’t take a genius because I wrote that >18 months ago. And as my bank manager and inlaws will (eagerly) tell you – “wait you’re quitting corporate...

Dec 30, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Pete Irvine

Thirty years ago, Edinburgh took a giant leap in the dark by launching a three-day unticketed festival — in midwinter. I was at the helm, unsure how many revellers would show up. Crucially, for the planned torchlight procession, there was no wind. The embryonic radio network was erratic, but as I waited by the roadside of the Mound, word came from the Royal Mile that the people had gathered in their thousands.