Gareth Kane
@garethkane.bsky.social
Sustainable/Net Zero Business Advisor: strategy, engagement & CPD, author of 5 books (http://amzn.to/1ReaAwl) & podcaster (https://bit.ly/3Rpc4KQ).
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On Demand: 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2026 - Terra Infirma
Here’s the recording of my annual Net Zero Business Academy taster, 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas. Those 12½ KASIs are the usual mix of old favourites and some cutting edge new concepts/insights. ...
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If you missed 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2026 last week, fear not! The whole session is now available on YouTube. Apply the ideas with the provided workbook and develop an action plan with out simple but powerful final exercise - enjoy!
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Sustainability at #PMQs (silly folly Mandy edition). I summarise the environmental content (if any - I'm not expecting much) at the UK Parliament's big weekly set piece.
February 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Sustainability at #PMQs (silly folly Mandy edition). I summarise the environmental content (if any - I'm not expecting much) at the UK Parliament's big weekly set piece.
I've been playing a bit of whack-a-mole on the sundry denialists and clean energy contrarians/trolls on LinkedIn recently. Should I bother?
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Should we feed the clean energy trolls? - Terra Infirma
My LinkedIn algorithm is kicking up quite a few anti-Net Zero tracts at the minute. Needless to say, the vast majority come from people with little or no professional or educational expertise in the a...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM
I've been playing a bit of whack-a-mole on the sundry denialists and clean energy contrarians/trolls on LinkedIn recently. Should I bother?
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A couple of weeks ago, I spotted a book called Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to go Green in a local second hand book shop. It's an essential and fascinating read.
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Book Review: Volt Rush by Henry Sanderson - Terra Infirma
Back in the winter of 2004, the Prof and I ticked an item off our bucket list by travelling from St Petersburg to Beijing on the Trans-Siberian Railway (strictly speaking, we took the Trans-Mongolian ...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM
A couple of weeks ago, I spotted a book called Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to go Green in a local second hand book shop. It's an essential and fascinating read.
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/book-review-...
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/book-review-...
So many people think '#circulareconomy = more recycling.' but it is sooooooo much more than that.
Rule 8 of my 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability tells us to focus on raw materials, not waste. And it features on this week's episode of the pod.
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Rule 8 of my 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability tells us to focus on raw materials, not waste. And it features on this week's episode of the pod.
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/the-circular...
The Circular Economy is about Raw Materials, not Waste Management - Terra Infirma
Last year I published 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability to mark the 200th edition of The Low Carbon Agenda (yes, that’s 200…). The ebook is a very short (10 page), punchy description of the 10 mos...
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January 30, 2026 at 9:27 AM
So many people think '#circulareconomy = more recycling.' but it is sooooooo much more than that.
Rule 8 of my 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability tells us to focus on raw materials, not waste. And it features on this week's episode of the pod.
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/the-circular...
Rule 8 of my 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability tells us to focus on raw materials, not waste. And it features on this week's episode of the pod.
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/the-circular...
My views on the low carbon news www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
My views on the low carbon news:
1. Last year, China's wind and solar capacity overtook thermal energy for the first time. EU wind and solar generation overtook fossil fuel power. In the US, in t...
My views on the low carbon news:
1. Last year, China's wind and solar capacity overtook thermal energy for the first time. EU wind and solar generation overtook fossil fuel power. In the US, in the f...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:45 PM
My views on the low carbon news www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Sustainability at (Deputy) #PMQs - summarising the environmental content at the UK Parliament's big weekly set piece. Haven't needed the 🛎️ for months, will we get any anti-Sustainability nonsense this week with the cat away?
January 28, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Sustainability at (Deputy) #PMQs - summarising the environmental content at the UK Parliament's big weekly set piece. Haven't needed the 🛎️ for months, will we get any anti-Sustainability nonsense this week with the cat away?
"Will Net Zero cost our organisation money?"
This is a question I'm frequently asked, but the answer is, well, complicated.
In today's blog, I tease out some of these issues and describe a Sustainability-friendly investment appraisal process.
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This is a question I'm frequently asked, but the answer is, well, complicated.
In today's blog, I tease out some of these issues and describe a Sustainability-friendly investment appraisal process.
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/will-net-zer...
Will Net Zero cost you money? - Terra Infirma
“Does Net Zero cost money?” That’s a question someone asked at a workshop I was facilitating last week. Everybody around the table nodded. “Hold on,” I said “You’ve just been telling me about all the ...
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January 28, 2026 at 9:44 AM
"Will Net Zero cost our organisation money?"
This is a question I'm frequently asked, but the answer is, well, complicated.
In today's blog, I tease out some of these issues and describe a Sustainability-friendly investment appraisal process.
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/will-net-zer...
This is a question I'm frequently asked, but the answer is, well, complicated.
In today's blog, I tease out some of these issues and describe a Sustainability-friendly investment appraisal process.
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/will-net-zer...
In last week's 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2026 webinar, KASI no 1 was a perennial favourite as it is the fundamental foundation of a successful Sustainability strategy: the Sweetspot of Sustainability Success.
January 27, 2026 at 11:14 AM
In last week's 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2026 webinar, KASI no 1 was a perennial favourite as it is the fundamental foundation of a successful Sustainability strategy: the Sweetspot of Sustainability Success.
If you missed 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2026 last week, fear not! The whole session is now available on YouTube. Apply the ideas with the provided workbook and develop an action plan with out simple but powerful final exercise - enjoy!
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/on-demand-12...
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/on-demand-12...
On Demand: 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2026 - Terra Infirma
Here’s the recording of my annual Net Zero Business Academy taster, 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas. Those 12½ KASIs are the usual mix of old favourites and some cutting edge new concepts/insights. ...
www.terrainfirma.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 10:21 AM
If you missed 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2026 last week, fear not! The whole session is now available on YouTube. Apply the ideas with the provided workbook and develop an action plan with out simple but powerful final exercise - enjoy!
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/on-demand-12...
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/on-demand-12...
ICYMI - I learnt a lot about community renewables from my chat with Damian Tow and you almost certainly will too!
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Power to the People – Delivering Community Renewable Energy with Damian Tow, Brighton Energy Co-op - Terra Infirma
If you thought community energy involved a few middle-class hippies clubbing together to buy a wind turbine for their self-build commune then think again. Damian Tow, Director of the Brighton Energy C...
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January 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
ICYMI - I learnt a lot about community renewables from my chat with Damian Tow and you almost certainly will too!
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Power to the People – Delivering Community Renewable Energy with Damian Tow, Brighton Energy Co-op www.terrainfirma.co.uk/power-to-the...
Power to the People – Delivering Community Renewable Energy with Damian Tow, Brighton Energy Co-op - Terra Infirma
If you thought community energy involved a few middle-class hippies clubbing together to buy a wind turbine for their self-build commune then think again. Damian Tow, Director of the Brighton Energy C...
www.terrainfirma.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Power to the People – Delivering Community Renewable Energy with Damian Tow, Brighton Energy Co-op www.terrainfirma.co.uk/power-to-the...
Sustainability at #PMQs: Don't mention the Don edition. I summarise and comment on the environmental content from the UK Parliament's big weekly set piece. Clichés get a 🛎️
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Sustainability at #PMQs: Don't mention the Don edition. I summarise and comment on the environmental content from the UK Parliament's big weekly set piece. Clichés get a 🛎️
The easiest way to distort an economic assessment is to leave out the bits you don't like, but factoring them in can be easier said than done.
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The true cost of Net Zero is almost certainly much lower than you think - Terra Infirma
So far this year has felt like one big wrangle over the costs of the energy transition. Accusations of dodgy assumptions, comparing apples and lemons and hidden subsidies are flying backwards and forw...
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January 21, 2026 at 10:16 AM
The easiest way to distort an economic assessment is to leave out the bits you don't like, but factoring them in can be easier said than done.
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🚨 LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! 🚨
One hour of your time could turbocharge your Sustainability Programme www.terrainfirma.co.uk/green-academ...
One hour of your time could turbocharge your Sustainability Programme www.terrainfirma.co.uk/green-academ...
12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2026 - Terra Infirma
Every year we introduce our Net Zero Business Academy on-line training programme with a whirlwind journey through 12½ of our favourite Sustainability ideas gleaned from the 10 sessions we run througho...
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January 20, 2026 at 8:48 AM
🚨 LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! 🚨
One hour of your time could turbocharge your Sustainability Programme www.terrainfirma.co.uk/green-academ...
One hour of your time could turbocharge your Sustainability Programme www.terrainfirma.co.uk/green-academ...
Nothing grinds my gears like the suggestion that individuals have no responsibility for climate change, just oil companies. Zack Polanski reheated this myth last week, throwing in the old fallacy about carbon footprints too. The economy is much more complex...
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The thing (almost) everybody gets wrong about Sustainability - Terra Infirma
I’m a bit of a sucker for a good narco-drama, whether the Wire, Breaking Bad or Netflix’s Narcos franchise. Not because they glamorise the drugs trade, quite the opposite – the scuzzy power struggles,...
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January 19, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Nothing grinds my gears like the suggestion that individuals have no responsibility for climate change, just oil companies. Zack Polanski reheated this myth last week, throwing in the old fallacy about carbon footprints too. The economy is much more complex...
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/the-thing-al...
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/the-thing-al...
ICYMI!
Less than two weeks in and 2026 is already looking, well, interesting. Our first Low Carbon Agenda of the year covers 6 ways to make your Sustainability programme resilient to such turbulence - if you like it, subscribe!
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Delivering Sustainability in Turbulent Times
Here's six sanity-saving suggestions for your Sustainability programme in what is already a bumpy 2026.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
ICYMI!
Reposted by Gareth Kane
Bullseye 🎯 insights from @garethkane.bsky.social, again!
Why are the oil majors stepping up their lobbying and political takeover campaigns?
Why are the oil majors stepping up their lobbying and political takeover campaigns?
Keep your eye on the Sustainability signal, ignore the noise www.terrainfirma.co.uk/keep-your-ey...
Keep your eye on the Sustainability signal, ignore the noise - Terra Infirma
You can tell when you’re winning a game when your opponent starts to sweat. Why has Donald Trump tried to block offshore wind? Because his backers in the oil and gas industry are starting to see deman...
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January 14, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Bullseye 🎯 insights from @garethkane.bsky.social, again!
Why are the oil majors stepping up their lobbying and political takeover campaigns?
Why are the oil majors stepping up their lobbying and political takeover campaigns?
Net Zero and the Waste Sector with Dr Adam Read MBE, SUEZ www.terrainfirma.co.uk/net-zero-and...
Net Zero and the Waste Sector with Dr Adam Read MBE, SUEZ - Terra Infirma
This week on the pod, Chief Sustainability & External Affairs Officer at Suez UK Dr Adam Read MBE joins me for a freewheeling and fun conversation on waste/resources management and Net Zero. We talk a...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Net Zero and the Waste Sector with Dr Adam Read MBE, SUEZ www.terrainfirma.co.uk/net-zero-and...
Sustainability at #PMQs (catch up edition), I summarise any environmental content at the UK Parliament's big weekly set piece (90 minutes behind IRL)
January 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Sustainability at #PMQs (catch up edition), I summarise any environmental content at the UK Parliament's big weekly set piece (90 minutes behind IRL)
Keep your eye on the Sustainability signal, ignore the noise www.terrainfirma.co.uk/keep-your-ey...
Keep your eye on the Sustainability signal, ignore the noise - Terra Infirma
You can tell when you’re winning a game when your opponent starts to sweat. Why has Donald Trump tried to block offshore wind? Because his backers in the oil and gas industry are starting to see deman...
www.terrainfirma.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Keep your eye on the Sustainability signal, ignore the noise www.terrainfirma.co.uk/keep-your-ey...
Less than two weeks in and 2026 is already looking, well, interesting. Our first Low Carbon Agenda of the year covers 6 ways to make your Sustainability programme resilient to such turbulence - if you like it, subscribe!
us19.campaign-archive.com?u=d9f19eeeab...
us19.campaign-archive.com?u=d9f19eeeab...
Delivering Sustainability in Turbulent Times
Here's six sanity-saving suggestions for your Sustainability programme in what is already a bumpy 2026.
us19.campaign-archive.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Less than two weeks in and 2026 is already looking, well, interesting. Our first Low Carbon Agenda of the year covers 6 ways to make your Sustainability programme resilient to such turbulence - if you like it, subscribe!
us19.campaign-archive.com?u=d9f19eeeab...
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I wrote today's blog with a blanket over my knees as fossil fuel technology let me down. But you won't read about it in the Daily Mail...
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Fossil fuel fail – give me some green tech - Terra Infirma
I’m writing this with a puffa jacket on and a blanket over my knees. Late on Saturday night, one of the coldest of the winter so far, when I was solely responsible for the welfare of four children, ou...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:26 AM
I wrote today's blog with a blanket over my knees as fossil fuel technology let me down. But you won't read about it in the Daily Mail...
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On the pod: Driving Decarbonisation with Data, Freddie House, Sweep www.terrainfirma.co.uk/data-driven-...
Driving Decarbonisation with Data, Freddie House, Sweep - Terra Infirma
This week I’m joined by Freddie House of the Sustainability data management platform Sweep to talk data. We discuss: The connection between Sustainability and employee engagement Reducing the data/rep...
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January 9, 2026 at 9:40 AM
On the pod: Driving Decarbonisation with Data, Freddie House, Sweep www.terrainfirma.co.uk/data-driven-...
Reposted by Gareth Kane
“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Here's the first couple of minutes of my podcast episode on what happened to the UK's political consensus on Net Zero - the full episode is here: www.terrainfirma.co.uk/the-uxbridge...
January 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Here's the first couple of minutes of my podcast episode on what happened to the UK's political consensus on Net Zero - the full episode is here: www.terrainfirma.co.uk/the-uxbridge...