Attenborough is right about how important China is, but he doesn’t seem to be very conscious of what China is already doing to tackle climate change. China is the world leader in the production of solar panels. It is the world leader on the production of electric vehicles. It is […]
REMARKS BY TOM BURKE AT THE LAUNCH OF THE WORLD NUCLEAR INDUSTRY REPORT 2019 – CHATHAM HOUSE
At a time when truth is under systematic political attack and digital technologies are collapsing the public attention span, the publication of long data series such as the Nuclear Industry Status Report becomes increasingly important. The real world is not a headline; it does not have a half-life of 24 […]
More power in Britain came from renewables than fossil fuels in 2019 – Sky News
Will the climate summit fall far short of what is required? – Al Jazeera
Will the conservative government act on Climate Change? – Sky News
The UK must steer the Paris Agreement out of its ‘perilous decade’ – Climate Home News
UN report warns that not enough is being done to avoid catastrophic climate change – Sky News
Is this the end of fracking? – LBC
Are Extinction Rebellion protesters just annoying, or are they informing, and making a point? – LBC
I did an interview for LBC on Saturday 12th October with Clive Bull. The discussion was “Are Extinction Rebellion protesters just annoying, or are they informing, and making a point?” Here are some excerpts from the interview: The protesters are doing a good job of getting people’s attention, which is […]
Greta Thunberg is not being overly pessimistic about the urgency of climate change – Sky News
Here are some excerpts of the interview with Sky News about whether Greta Thurnberg’s speech about climate change was overly pessimistic: The reality is that climate change is nastier, and is happening faster than we thought it would, the dangers that everybody on the planet are facing are worse than […]