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Mark Lynas

Hay-on-wye, Hereford
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Environmental writer, speaker and activist. Head of Policy @WePlanetint. Science advisor @theCVF. New book: 'Six Minutes to Winter' out now. Weekly podcast.
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FAQ on ‘Clean Energy Shift’ – what it is and why it matters

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By Mark Lynas
| Mark Lynas
Recently I and two co-authors – Kwesi Quagraine and Erle Ellis – proposed a new metric for how to measure and track the progress of the clean energy transition worldwide. This was published as a Commentary in Nature on 26 January 2026 under the title: ‘As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets’. We’ve had a lot of interest in the Clean Energy Shift, and lots of questions to field via email and social media.
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Why is the Marine Stewardship Council giving this Norwegian trawler company ‘license to krill’?

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By Mark Lynas
| Mark Lynas
Back in the 19th century, people used to boil penguins (sometimes alive) for theiroil. Millions of seals were driven inland from the beaches of sub-Antarctic islands like South Georgia and clubbed – pups, juveniles and adults – before being stabbed through the heart so their pelts could make fur coats. Whales were cruelly harpooned in their hundreds of thousands for their blubber and driven to the brink of extinction.
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Why is the Marine Stewardship Council giving this Norwegian trawler company 'license to krill'?

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By Mark Lynas
| That Was The Week (Podcast)
Photo: Sea Shepherd. https://seashepherd.org/antarctica/ If you see the Marine Stewardship Council blue tick on a seafood product you are supposed to be able to feel confident that the product is sustainable. That’s the whole point of it. The MSC makes much of its rigorous and independent sustainability certification process. So why is it about to re-certify one of the most ecologically questionable fisheries in the world?
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