Domestic – Page 15

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 […]

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

On April 9, 2015April 14, 2015 By admin

This essay argues that the oil industry will lose the battle for the future. The growth it expects will not occur. The key issue is whether the world makes an orderly or disorderly transition to a carbon neutral energy system. An orderly transition preserves both the economy and the […]

What environmental issues does the next government need to address?

On February 22, 2015February 22, 2015 By admin

What environmental issues does the next government need to address? With representatives of the main parties set to outline their green agenda, this week we look at the key policies and areas the environmental community want them to look at. Rob Comba spoke […]

Written evidence submitted to Environmental Audit Committee on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

On February 9, 2015February 9, 2015 By admin

Written evidence submitted by Tom Burke, Chair of E3G When we met the other week I offered to write to you and set out some of my concerns about the regulatory coherence provisions of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. There […]

US and China emissions agreement – BBC World Service – 12 November 2014

On November 16, 2014November 17, 2014 By admin

Here is an interview I did recently for the BBC World Service discussing why the emissions agreement between the US and China is so important. “This is really important because the real problem with climate change is not so much technology […]

THE FOSSIL FUEL PARADOX

On October 17, 2014 By admin

This blog was first published by BusinessGreen A debate over the real value of investment in fossil fuels has raged all summer. September’s climate summit in New York brought it into sharp focus. There, Anthony Hobley of the Carbon Tracker Initiative […]

CCC’s response to Owen Paterson’s speech to the GWPF

On October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 By admin

The BBC and the right wing press have been making much of Owen Paterson’s anti-climate speech this week. It is a farrago of nonsense. The Climate Change Committee has produced an excellent briefing detailing why it is so wrong. It includes a number of important points that Adair Turner […]

THE FRAGILE CITY AND THE RISK NEXUS

On August 27, 2014September 3, 2014 By admin

This is a new short book I have written with leading urbanist Charles Landry. It brings together for the first time two disconnected narratives. The first is about the future of the cities in which half the […]

Why Europe matters and why the European elections matter – E3G

On May 14, 2014 By admin

Cities lead the energy transition

On May 1, 2014 By admin

This article first appeared in Revolve Magazine on April 29, 2014 The message at Energy Cities’ annual rendez-vous was clear: cities are the interface with citizens and by default (since cities are growing exponentially around the world) they are the mandatory motors of innovative change to realize the urban energy […]