John Ashton

John Ashton is an independent activist and speaker. He is a cofounder of E3G and from 2006-12 was Special Representative for Climate Change to three UK Foreign Secretaries.

How Harry and Mia's different visions of the future illustrate this election

Could these two different visions of the future explain what is at stake in this election?

By John Ashton

/ 6 Jun 2017

Capitalism, the environment, and sustainable development: replies to Jonathon Porritt

A new book by the pioneering green campaigner Jonathon Porritt, Capitalism As If the World Matters, calls on environmentalists to create a politics of sustainability that accepts the reality of

By Camilla Toulmin, Tom Burke, Andrew Simms, John Whitelegg, John Ashton and Tim Worstall

/ 6 Dec 2005

Climate change and global security

During the cold war the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of a metaphorical clock towards or away from midnight depending on the state of relations between the

By Tom Burke and John Ashton

/ 16 May 2005