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  • The world is round after all

    I asked my boss two years ago what were his favourite business books. His list included The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century by Thomas Friedman. Of course I rushed out and bought the book. It has sold by the truck load and was quoted by Mohamed Al-Mady of SABIC during his speech at...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-16-2008

  • Do you ever get that sinking feeling?

    I am afraid I do when it comes to climate change and, as a result, don't always switch off lights when I leave rooms, don't always say no to unnecesssary plastic bags when I buy anything and will happily (and this could be the worst damage of all) jet anywhere in the world either for business...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-02-2008

  • The danger of bogus science

    Believing what you want to believe (or pretending to believe in something because it's in your commercial interests) has always been a problem. But the stakes have never been higher than in the case of climate change. To yet again refer to the excellent New Scientist magazine, their editorial from...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-22-2008

  • China's growth conundrum

    I couldn't let today pass without including a picture of the Olympic Stadium in Beijing where the opening ceremony is about to take place. The purpose of this redefined blog is not to look at the short term, though. For expert commentaey on the effects of the Olympics and other macroeconomic factors...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-08-2008

  • Why the Doha failure is bad

    The failure, and quite possibly the death, of the Doha round of trade negotiations earlier this week could create a very confusing and erratic regulatory landscape for the chemicals industry. This excellent entry in the New Scientist environment blog by Fred Pearce, senior environment correspondent,...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-02-2008

  • Bali doesn't go anywhere near far enough

    At least the US is on board, but the pact to reduce emissions by 25-40 per cent by 2020 might well not be sufficient to prevent the 1.5 centigrade rise in global temperatures that will be disastrous for the planet. In another excellent article from George Monbiot of The Guardian, he argues that we need...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-16-2007
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