News | Dr Mayer Hillman

“We’re doomed.” Mayer Hillman’s final verdict in The Guardian April 28, 2018 - In an interview with Patrick Barkham in The Guardian, Mayer Hillman says that accepting the impending end of most life on Earth might be the very thing needed to help us prolong it.
New video commentaries covering four decades of research December 29, 2016 - The Policy Studies Institute has filmed a series of 8 short video commentaries by Mayer Hillman. They will cover the main themes of Mayer’s research since 1970, including: Making the most of daylight hours Cycling – one of the greatest inventions of … Continue reading →
Time to face up to the realities of climate change – an appeal to the professions August 23, 2016 - Very few people appear to have recognised the full implications of the ‘elephant in the room’ of global climate change – the unquestionable need for a speedy transition to near-zero carbon lifestyles and human activity is an ecological truth that … Continue reading →
Response to Naomi Klein in The Guardian March 10, 2015 - Naomi Klein acknowledges that the carbon emitted into the atmosphere remains there for hundreds of years. Yet progress around the world continues to be measured in terms of carbon reductions which, however impressive when revealed as efficiency gains, energy-renewables switching … Continue reading →
Climate change overtakes us March 1, 2015 - Ed Miliband highlights the need to “cut the growth of greenhouse gas emissions” as the basis of the global agreement to be reached in Paris in December (“Climate change is more than an environmental issue”, Comment). However, to appreciate the … Continue reading →
New videos available in the New Year October 27, 2014 - The Policy Studies Institute is filming a series of 10 videos of Mayer Hillman, which will be available on this website in early 2015. They will cover the main themes of Mayer’s research, including: Making the most of daylight hours … Continue reading →
An open letter to James Hansen July 1, 2014 - Mayer Hillman has written an open letter to world renowned climate scientist James Hansen, seeking urgent clarification on the correct figures for the global carbon budget.
Climate change: can we prevent catastrophe? May 2, 2014 - Talk presented at Warm, Wet and Windy 2014, the Peak District’s Climate Change and Eco Festival.
The implications of climate change: can we prevent catastrophe? April 12, 2014 - Video available of the lecture at the Centre for Inquiry conference Global warming – where do we go from here?, British Humanist Association, Conway Hall, London.
Sustainable urban transport: delivering the zero carbon future March 7, 2014 - Talk with John Whitelegg and John Adam on the subject of the Sustainability City, Ecobuild, Excel Centre.
Transport for the 21st and 22nd century July 16, 2013 - Lecture at the Green Economics Institute event, House of Commons.
The implications of climate change for future transport policy March 30, 2013 - Talk given at the ACT Travel Wise Spring Conference, University of Essex, Colchester.
Can technology save the planet: yes or no? February 16, 2013 - Lunch-time debate with Bernie Bulkin at St. Mary-le-Bow Church, London.
Taking the right road to Rio+20 to prevent global climate catastrophe June 16, 2012 - Talk given at Campaign Against Climate Change, the alternative conference to the Rio Earth Summit, Institute of Education, London.
The unavoidable implications for transport policy of climate change January 25, 2012 - Lecture at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, South Wales Branch, Cardiff.
Time’s up for wishful thinking: the grave implications of climate change for transport, urban planning, and mega-projects January 10, 2012 - Lecture given to MSc students on the “Mega Infrastructure: Planning, Appraisal and Delivery” course at the Omega Centre, Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. Video available.
Big Green Believers November 1, 2011 - Talk at the IDEA Event, Bournemouth.
The end is nigh: is survival all we can hope for? October 11, 2011 - At The Battle of Ideas, Nottingham.
The environmental imperatives of climate change September 15, 2011 - Talk given at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation Presidential Conference on ‘Adapting to Change’, Brighton.
The importance of independence in childhood July 1, 2011 - Speaker at the London Street Play Conference in Coram Fields, London.
The sustainability agenda June 20, 2011 - Keynote talk at Cathedral Group Conference, Greenwich.
Carbon rationing – the only adequate strategy in the face of climate change September 24, 2010 - Keynote speaker at the Wild Law Annual Conference of the UK Environmental Law Association.
The challenge of climate change: the need for multi-disciplinary collaboration April 1, 2009 - Inaugural Lecture on the occasion of Policy Studies Institute being incorporated into the University of Westminster’s Faculty of the School of Architecture and the Built Environment..
Climate change – urban change October 17, 2008 - Keynote speech at Metrex Conference on Climate Change – Urban Change, City Hall, London.
Ensuring future life on Earth: can we cut carbon emissions sufficiently? October 16, 2008 - Keynote speech at the Great Carbon Crunch Summit on a United Industries Response to the Green Agenda in the Built Environment, Kings Place Conference Centre, London.
Why public policy on seeking to match the rising demand for travel must be reversed October 15, 2008 - Speaker at 32nd National Transport Conference, London, Conference on Developing and Delivering Transport Policy.
Copenhagen 2009: last chance saloon July 18, 2008 - Speaker at the Annual Conference of the Green Economics Institute, Mansfield College, Oxford.
Carbon offsetting – enabling device or conscience opiate June 30, 2008 - Paper presented at the meeting Carbon Reduction and Health, organised by the BMJ, the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health and the Faculty of Public Health.
Healthy environments for children June 24, 2008 - Panelist at this seminar held at the Smith Institute.
Debate on carbon offsetting June 4, 2008 - Debate in Brussels as part of European Green Week with Tanguy de Monceau, managing co-founder of CO2logic, a firm helping companies go ‘carbon-neutral’.
Carbon currency June 2, 2008 - Live one-hour interview on National Public Radio on the subject of carbon currency, broadcast in Austin, Texas.
Paperback edition of How We Can Save the Planet March 5, 2008 - The US paperback edition of How We Can Save the Planet: Preventing Global Climate Catastrophe (with Tina Fawcett and Sudhir Chella Rajan) was published by Thomas Dunne Books/St Martin’s Press. ISBN 13: 978-0-312-35206-6.
BBC Radio 4’s PM and on BBC News 24 February 28, 2008 - Inteviews on the dangers of exaggerating the environmental benefits of discouraging the use of plastic bags.