Climate Hope

A computer in a suitcase - that was the first inkling I had that my Dad had an odd job. Something mathsy; something sciencsy. It must have been the very early 1990s, and this was the closest his department at Cambridge University had to a 'laptop'. It could do four colours (black, white, bright pink, and luminous green), and it was heavy enough that three children aged between two and six years old couldn't move it (collectively try as they might). You could play Chess on it if you typed in a special code. 'Maybe Dad is a professional chess player?', I remember thinking, aged 4. He wasn't, it turns out. But his job was still pretty cool, I'd later learn. He's Dr Chris Hope, the creator of the PAGE integrated assessment climate model, who was for several decades a Reader at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. I say 'was', because today is his last. Today, my Dad is retiring. Most people won't k...