COP26 certainly wasn’t a flop. It didn’t take us to where we need to get to, but it did take us a step forward into the really hard work of delivering on the Paris Agreement. So, I think that it took us somewhere. I think what surprised people was the […]
Trade deal with Australia would weaken UK’s position on climate change ahead of COP26 – Times Radio
What Are the Priorities for Environmental Law Following Brexit – PIEL UK 2021
A 55% carbon cut by 2030 in the EU, is it historic? – Al Jazeera
Have BP got it right about the future of oil? – LBC
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LONDON CLIMATE ACTION WEEK
The Mayor of London and Greater London Authority will hold the first-ever London Climate Action Week (LCAW) from 1-8 July 2019. The week aims to highlight London’s unique role as the leading international hub for organisations working globally to tackle climate change. LCAW will also mobilise London-based organisations and local […]
More than two-thirds of Defra staff moved to Brexit-related roles
. Staff redeployed as ex-government adviser says Brexit is bad for environment . More than two-thirds of all staff employed directly by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are working on delivering Brexit, according to official figures released by the government. The response to a freedom of […]
Speaking at the UN Economic Commission for Europe meeting on Sustainable Development Goals
. On 22 March, I spoke at the United Nation’s Economic Commission for Europe’s meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals in Geneva, Switzerland. ‘ Thank you for the invitation to share our experience on financing disaster risk reduction in relation to climate change. E3G is a European climate change think […]
A CLIMATE OF TRUST
The core argument of this lecture is that failure of climate change policy represents an existential threat to civilisation that will destroy the foundations of trust on which democracy depends. Climate change is a unique problem in human history. Climate policy success demands the local, national and geo-political cooperation that […]