The 1.5-Degree Challenge
McKinsey Quarterly interactive showing the emissions reductions and cross-sector shifts required to limit global warming.
I directed development of this interactive, leading an interdisciplinary team that spanned editorial, consulting, design, data visualization, video, web production, and social media. I structured and edited all elements, produced the written content, and edited 30+ component charts and graphics.
FT Longitude cites this as a model of high-impact B2B content and “an example of simplicity in action.”
Asia at the Speed of Light: An Interview with the Head of ReNew Power
McKinsey Quarterly interview on how the energy transition will reshape Asia and how one of the region’s largest clean energy companies is helping India pursue its renewable energy targets.
I structured, crafted, researched, and edited this interview, incorporating McKinsey projections on India’s energy needs.
Laying the Foundation for Zero-Carbon Cement
In-depth article on potential pathways to decarbonize the cement industry, a major source of global CO₂ emissions and a particularly hard-to-abate industry.
I edited this article, which was cited in Nature Portfolio journals, a World Bank/IFC report, and a report from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. My research for this project included interviewing McKinsey cement industry experts.
Digital Technology and Sustainability at Henkel
McKinsey Quarterly article on how Henkel is using AI, advanced analytics, and a digital backbone to improve manufacturing operations and cut emissions. I researched and edited this piece.
Selected Energy & Sustainability Coverage from McKinsey Intersection
I led the content strategy and creation of Intersection, independently conceiving, researching, writing, editing, and fact-checking 50+ newsletter issues.
From Salt Farmer to Solar Technician
Newsletter issue on carbon capture and storage, women leading climate action, and an effort by one of India’s largest renewable-energy companies to train salt farmers as solar-panel and solar-pump technicians.
Most of the world’s grains are produced in just a few regions. What will it take to hedge against risk?
Newsletter issue on climate risk and resilience in the global food system: the geographic concentration of food production, the growing risk of a multiple-breadbasket failure, and how such a production shock could affect food prices. Plus: using grain reserves to buffer price spikes—and the need to limit global warming to better safeguard the world’s breadbaskets.
What does it take to make a ring or a watch? (section)
A look at the human and environmental costs of mining precious materials; how establishing a chain of custody can help companies build more transparent and sustainable supply chains; and how evolving consumer expectations are driving fine-jewelry executives toward greater accountability and near-term sustainability targets.
The Europeans Who Aren’t at Glasgow (section)
Analysis of what the European Green Deal may mean for low-income families, highlighting McKinsey’s finding that on a societally cost-optimal pathway to net zero, the cost of living could slightly decrease for Europe’s middle- and lower-income households.
“Impact at Scale for Both Climate and Communities”: Indigenous Europeans Leading Climate Innovation (section)
A look at the work of the Snowchange Cooperative, a network of Indigenous and local communities that is restoring landscapes in Finland through traditional knowledge, the latest science, and relationships with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.