A lot of Scriptoria’s work revolves around climate change. And with the COP 15 meeting in Copenhagen in December coming up fast, Scriptoria’s working with several organisations to tease out their messages and generally ensure that their good ideas are included in the complex climate change agenda that’s currently being put together.

One of the benefits of the job is that you get to meet a lot of interesting people. I recently found myself sitting in the back of taxi talking to Achim Steiner, for example - he’s the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. I’m pleased to say that I didn’t just find him to be extremely knowledgeable (something you’d expect from someone in his position). I also found him to be a very amiable, down-to-earth guy who talked a lot of sense - particularly about the importance of including agriculture in the upcoming negotiations.

Anyway you can hear a snippet of what he had to say in the interview below - well of course I had a tape recorder!

All the best,

Jim