Published in ENDS Report (Issue 419, p55), in December 2009. They came. They tried. They failed. Not one of the…
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Tom Burke’s Political Commentary: The US returns from the green policy wilderness
Published in ENDS Report (Issue 406, p53), in November 2008. The US is back. The missing voice from the world’s…
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Published in openDemocracy, 7th December 2007. A version of this article is also being published by the International Institute of…
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Published on IIED, in Dec 2007. Last year Kofi Annan warned of the growing gap between what scientists say is…
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Was the G8 summit good for the prospects of limiting global climate change? Scientists and campaigners comment on the Gleneagles…
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Written for publication in May 2005. Like all good theories, the theory of emissions trading is elegant. Governments establish an…
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Published by ePolitix, in February 2005. The message from the scientists was clear. The world’s climate is in greater trouble…
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Pubished in The Guardian, on 26 January 2005. This week, Tony Blair has begun climbing the Everest of expectations he…
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Published in the New Statesman, on 6th December 2004. The next round of negotiations on climate change, beginning in Buenos…
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Published in the New Statesman, on 17th May 2004. The Prime Minister called climate change “the most important issue that…
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