Simon Retallack is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) where he oversees the Low Carbon Programme. He is the author of the ippr’s report, Setting a long-term climate objective (2005), a contributor to Alternatives to Economic Globalisation: A Better World is Possible (Berrett-Koehler, 2002) and co-author (with Laurent de Bartillat) of a compendium on the world’s climate-change challenges, STOP (Seuil, 2003).

Recent articles

The gap between what is needed to curb global warming and what seems feasible remains enormous. A timetable for action and a plan to implement it is essential, says Simon Retallack.

A new way of framing the climate-change issue that makes sense in people's daily lives is needed in order to translate passive awareness into active concern, says Simon Retallack.

The British prime minister’s recent comments on climate change have caused confusion among supporters of the Kyoto Protocol. He must clear the air, says Simon Retallack of the Institute for Public Policy Research.