Turning East

Published by ePolitix, in February 2005. The message from the scientists was clear. The world’s climate is in greater trouble than we thought. This, stripped of the detail and caveats, was the powerful conclusion from the 200 scientists who gathered in Exeter at Tony Blair’s invitation at the beginning of […]

Going beyond Bush

Pubished in The Guardian, on 26 January 2005. This week, Tony Blair has begun climbing the Everest of expectations he has built for himself on climate change. Yesterday, the prime minister breakfasted with Britain’s leading environmentalists. Today, when he speaks to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he will […]