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Prof Wayne Visser
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🌍 World top 10 pracademic in sustainable & regenerative business, innovation & leadership [ref: ChatGPT]. Author: 44 books, incl. international bestseller Thriving. Fellow @ CISL (Cambridge U.), Prof @ CPBS (Porto). Poet. Hopetimist 🌻 www.waynevisser.com .. more

Wayne Visser is a writer, speaker, film producer, academic, editor of poetry, social entrepreneur and futurist focused on sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and creating integrated value. .. more

Business 51%
Economics 12%

A symbol of reckoning. Such a thought provoking idea. Happy you are there. Egypt is in my top 3 favourite destinations. Will our modern civilisation have a story to tell in 4000 years (besides plastic & PFAS)? In case you feel like a poetic interlude www.waynevisser.com/poetry/where...
Where the World Once Began | Wayne Visser
A Tribute to Egypt I. Flight of Time Soaring like a god on wings Isis-blessed In search of beginnings - a mystical quest O'er newly wed mountains and islands estranged 'Cross deserts of water - my Hor...
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Powerful image. I was struck visiting the Egyptian monuments where virtually everything is 4,000+ years old - it really puts legacy and long term thinking into perspective

A Gallup poll says in 2025 Americans read, on average, 14.6 books "either all or part the way through". I read 35 #books "cover to cover" in 2025. How did you get on?

Based on last year's reading, here are my top 5 #book recommendations , which may surprise you:

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#books #books #bestreads #topbooks #bestbooks #booklists | Prof. Wayne Visser | 11 comments
#Books. If for you, like for me, books loom large in your life, you might be interested in the top 5 books I read last year. I saw a Gallup poll today that said in 2025 Americans read, on average, 14.6 books "either all or part the way through". I managed the read 35 books "cover to cover" in 2025. How did you get on? Based on last year's reading, here are my top 5 book recommendations , which may surprise you: THE FUTURE by Naomi Alderman (fiction) A dystopian struggle over technology, gender, and who gets to shape the future. The echoes of the current reign of "tech bros" and "tech giants" is prescient, scary with an unexpected twist of hope in the story. REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell (non-fiction) An exploration of how social change really happens when systems cross hidden thresholds. Sequel to his original blockbuster, Gladwell's reflection of how tipping points can also push us in the wrong direction is timely. SAME AS EVER by Morgan Housel (non-fiction) Timeless human behaviours that explain why history, markets, and life keep repeating. Rather than trying to forecast and predict based on trends, looking at patterns that never change may be a more reliable foresight tool. BABEL by R. F. Kuang (fiction) A dark academia fantasy revealing how language underpins empire, violence, and resistance. A beautifully written novel, worth reading for pure pleasure, with bonus themes on power, colonialism and movements for change. ALWAYS REMEMBER: THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX, THE HORSE AND THE STORM by Charlie Mackesy (fiction) A tender illustrated reflection on grief, resilience, and the healing power of kindness. Mackesy's sequel gives solace and wisdom at a time when we desperately need to feel that we are not alone in our struggles. Did you read any of these? If so, what did you think? Are you surprised that I don't have any books that are explicitly about "sustainability"? What were your top 5 books from last year? #books #bestreads #topbooks #bestbooks #booklists | 11 comments on LinkedIn
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The markets are defying the political headwinds

#renewables #energytransition #climatetech #cleantech

A review of the EU’s energy sector by Ember, a thinktank, revealed that #wind and #solar generated 30.1% of #electricity in 2025, just edging out fossil power sources, which generated 29.0%. #Hydro and nuclear provided the rest

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#cleantech #renewables
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One for the history books

Some countries are not waiting for the rest of the world on the energy transition. Record 8.4 GW of offshore wind capacity secured in UK’s latest renewable energy auction

Full article by Edie: www.edie.net/record-8-4-g...

#windenergy #cleantech #climatetech #renewables

The Energy Transition in 2026: 10 Trends to Watch, by @rockymtninst.bsky.social

Check out the full article here: rmi.org/the-energy-t...

#energy #energytransition #rmi

Good news! The Trump administration has lost a legal battle in its war on wind. A judge has ruled that wind developer Orsted can restart construction on its Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island.

#windenergy #renewables #renewableenergy #climatetech #cleantech

#Innovation never ceases to amaze me. Spain-based bound4blue’s technology — tube-like structures up to 36 meters (118 feet) high — suck in wind during a #shipping vessel’s journey and use fans to create thrust, reducing #emissions and cutting fuel consumption by as much as 40%

Clean tech - including #batteries (along with #renewables) - are facing their toughest political and market conditions in a decade. Yet still, the march of progress continues

Interesting Gallup poll conducted 25 years ago. Do you expect the following to happen by 2025? It seems that it is wise to err on the side of caution.

If you want to support an #AI boom (Mr Trump and others), there is only one economically rational way to supply the #energy needed

Source: Bloomberg #renewables #cleantech #climatetech #solar #wind

Join Dr Sally Uren, Executive Director and Chief Acceleration Officer for Forum for the #Future and myself for this free webinar #Systems Shift: Insights from the #Galapagos Islands - on 27 November at 14.00-15.00 GMT / UK time.

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Announcement: 2026 #Thriving Facilitators Online Course - Would you like to become a Thriving practitioner, using insights and tools to apply the Thriving methodology in your organisation or those of your clients or partners? Find out more here:

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🌻 Announcement: 2026 #Thriving Facilitators Course - Would you like to become a Thriving practitioner, using insights and tools to apply the Thriving methodology in your organisation or those of your ...
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2930 huh 🤣

As #COP continues with its tortuous negotiations in #Belem, is #China emerging as the new global leader on #climate change? This data makes a compelling argument ...

#carbon #CO2 #emissions

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China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Power-sector emissions were flat in the third quarter, even as electricity demand growth accelerated to 6.1%.
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At least 14 countries are on track to get more than half of their #electricity from #wind and #solar by 2030, according to the International #Energy Agency. Can you guess who?

#renewables #renewablenergy

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These countries are leading the way to 100% renewable electricity
Explore the countries making strides toward 100% renewable electricity with innovative solutions and sustainable energy systems.
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Bolsonaro

And here is the power of leadership. Balsanaro vs Lula

Some good news. #Deforestation has fallen again in #Brazil. The direction of travel is important.

#naturepositive #nature #conservation

#Sustainability faces headwinds created by Trump’s anti-ESG and anti-renewables rhetoric and policies. But investors are smarter than Trump and - despite their reputation for short-terminism - are putting their money in the #cleantech growth markets

#esg #sustainablefinance #greenfinance

The collapse of the Net Zero Banking Alliance is regrettable. But don’t imagine this is the end of #sustainable #finance.

Question: If you’re a #bank with a healthy profit motive and you see the chart below, what strategic choices will you make?

#esg #banking #netzero
Source: BloombergNEF

Let’s set up a call. I’ll email you. At some point, it will be good to have case studies together test / validate the theory. Raddis Cotton is a good contender

What is the #Regenerative Economy? Is it a new concept and practice, or just the recycling of existing ideas under a new label (“old wine in new wine skins”, as the biblical parable puts it)? Here is my attempt at an answer

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#regenerativeeconomy
The Regenerative Economy
Linking Theory and Practice
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#Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010

BUT

Perversely, the government regulated price of electricity that the public pays is based on the price of natural gas

We are letting fossil fuels punish us rather than #renewables reward us

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
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Since the 1850s, the populations of people and our domesticated mammals have grown rapidly, whereas the total biomass of wild mammals decreased by more than two-fold.

Source: Nature Communications / U. Moran et al.

Full article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #nature #conservation #biodiversity