Category Archives: European

Tom Burke’s political commentary: Eurozone turmoil and climate inaction: the twin crises of political will

Posted on November 22, 2011 by tomburke

TweetShareENDS Report 442, p. 55, November 2011. The chance to avoid a dangerous rise in temperatures seems likely to be lost in the upcoming UN climate talks in Durban. December, it is turning out, is actually the cruellest month. It … Continue reading →

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Tom Burke’s political commentary: Euro travails and climate inaction – twin crises of political will

Posted on November 14, 2011 by tomburke

TweetShareENDS Report. Published on 14 November 2011. The chance to avoid a dangerous rise in temperatures seems likely to be lost in UN climate talks in Durban in the coming weeks. But the prospects for meaningful progress are scant, as … Continue reading →

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A climate for European action

Posted on September 3, 2010 by tomburke

TweetShareby Tom Burke. Published in The Independent, on 3rd September 2010. The global effort to reach a legally binding agreement on tackling climate change has stalled. There is little prospect of a quick breakthrough when the negotiators reconvene at Cancun … Continue reading →

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The EU should commit to 40% CO2 emissions reduction

Posted on December 9, 2009 by tomburke

TweetShareby Nick Mabey and me. Posted by Copenhagen, Independent blog, via Stop Warming, on 9 December 2009. China and the United States have now put their opening bids for Copenhagen on the table. The US is offering a 17% reduction on … Continue reading →

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