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Can something substantive be achieved at COP21? – BBC 5 Live – 30 Nov 15

On November 30, 2015 By admin

BBC: Now let’s speak to Tom Burke, Chairman of environmental think tank E3G. He was government special advisor to the climate secretary John Gummer, and attended the Rio Earth Summit and the first of the meeting in Berlin in that role. You’ve attended a […]

Should we be optimistic about COP21? – BBC Business Live – 30 Nov 15

On November 30, 2015December 2, 2015 By admin

BBC: I’m joined by Tom Burke former UK government advisor on climate change, now Chairman of the environmental Think Tank E3G, which is Third Generation Environmentalism. So there has been an awful lot of momentum leading up to this event […]

What can we expect from COP21 – BBC World Service

On November 29, 2015 By admin

BBC: Tom Burke has joined me in the studio. He is the chairman of the environmental think tank E3G. Tom Burke, what was it that went wrong in Copenhagen because for many people it was a disaster. Tom Burke: Yes it […]

What can we expect from COP21? – BBC World Service – Newshour

On November 3, 2015November 4, 2015 By admin

It’s just under a month before the start of COP21, the Paris climate change conference, at which global powers will try to achieve a universal and legally binding treaty to limit Green House Gas emissions. What can realistically be achieved? […]

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE

On August 17, 2015August 17, 2015 By admin

This piece first appeared in Business Green. Environmentalists have long been vulnerable to their own passions. At times this can make us sound shrill and self-righteous. On other occasions it can blind us to political traps. The oil industry is now busy setting a big one […]

REMARKS ON CLIMATE AND SECURITY AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL – WASHINGTON DC – JUNE 17TH 2015

On June 19, 2015June 23, 2015 By admin

This is the address I gave at the Atlantic Council event Climate Security: The Next ‘Battle Ground’? on June 17, 2015 in Washington DC. Security professionals often distinguish between human security issues and national security issues. Of course […]

NEGOTIATIONS: Warming’s impact on global security a critical issue for Paris talks, experts say

On June 18, 2015June 22, 2015 By admin

Here is another report of the panel I spoke on at the Atlantic Council event Climate Security: The Next ‘Battle Ground’? on June 17, 2015 in Washington DC. NEGOTIATIONS: Warming’s impact on global security a critical issue for Paris talks, experts say Brittany Patterson, E&E reporter Published: […]

CLIMATE: National security concerns could spur Hill action — ex-DOD officials?

On June 18, 2015June 22, 2015 By admin

This is a report by Environment & Energy Publishing of the panel I spoke on at the Atlantic Council event Climate Security: The Next ‘Battle Ground’? on June 17, 2015 in Washington DC The reporter misheard what I said about America. What I actually said was: ‘Winston Churchill, who had an American mother, once […]

Revealed: BP’s close ties with the UK government – The Guardian

On May 22, 2015May 23, 2015 By admin

I was quoted extensively in a piece The Guardian wrote on the extent of BP’s influence on government policy and how their intimate relationship is at odds with UK commitments to reduce carbon emissions. “About 1.5% of UK pension industry money was invested in BP shares, which […]

WHOM THE GODS DESTROY

On April 20, 2015April 20, 2015 By admin

Despite frequent headlines suggesting otherwise, EDF has not yet agreed to buy two nuclear reactors from its sister French state-owned company Areva. The British Government has yet to sign a contract to purchase the electricity the reactors will produce. Without that contract EDF will not make the […]