Welcome to Zero Ideas, a research charity established to challenge leadership thinking on climate action.

We conduct primary and secondary research and publish articles and research reports to inform leaders on climate issues and to drive a more ambitious leadership mindset for climate action.

Research projects to learn how to win public support for climate-related policies

Critiques of the financial and corporate climate agendas

A new monthly series of essays exploring how to make the coming epoch an age of human flourishing

Our track record of research publications and collaborations

Restoring Human Progress: Winning citizens’ support for actions on climate and nature. A research collaboration with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).


Responsible finance is in the calm before the storm. Ignoring systemic risk could jeopardize the financial sector’s licence to operate. A comment article for Responsible Investor.


Climate worry is moving right. The numbers and the motivations of the climate-worried right. A Zero Ideas research paper.