Category Archives: The Human Cost

Climate change: what needs to be done

Posted on March 20, 2012 by tomburke

TweetShareSpotlight: Climate Change Published in the British Medical Journal 2012; 344:e1358, on 19th March 2012. If we are to meet the challenge of generating political will, the climate conversation must involve everyone, from all professions and all walks of life. Political … Continue reading →

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The military and health care providers will be ‘first responders’ if there is policy failure on climate change

Posted on October 17, 2011 by tomburke

TweetShareRead my full remarks (pdf) at “The Health and Security Perspectives of Climate Change. How to secure our future wellbeing” conference from October 17th. Or watch the video below.

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Cities, Civilisation and Climate

Posted on September 7, 2010 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in CEOs for Cities, on 7th September 2010. Civilisation is the thin film of order that human beings with ingenuity and imagination have constructed around the chaos of events. In a rapidly changing climate this is at its most … Continue reading →

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Slouching toward Karachi

Posted on August 25, 2010 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished on ENDS Report Blogs, on 25th August 2010. Pakistan is experiencing the worst floods in its history. 20 million people have been displaced. Many have died. More will die. The waters have washed away more than homes and livelihoods, … Continue reading →

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The debate must focus on the human cost

Posted on September 16, 2009 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in The Independent, on 16th September 2009.

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Climate change and global security

Posted on May 16, 2005 by tomburke

TweetShareby John Ashton and me. Published on openDemocracy, on 16th May 2005. This formed part of openDemocracy’s online debate on the politics of climate change, which was developed in partnership with the British Council. During the cold war the Bulletin of … Continue reading →

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Warning: drugs cost the earth

Posted on June 30, 2003 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in the New Statesman, on 30th June 2003. The world is at war with terrorism, drugs, poverty, hunger, organised crime, intellectual property piracy and more besides. What these wars have in common is that we are losing them all. … Continue reading →

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South-east Asia’s smog: the environmental crisis that points to political liberation

Posted on September 28, 1997 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in The Independent, on 28th September 1997. The smog affecting south-east Asia may be the most politically significant environmental event yet. In the past few weeks confidence in the region’s economies has begun to crumble. This collapse is only … Continue reading →

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