Civilisation is the thin film of order we build around the chaos of events. Courtesy of a coronavirus we are…
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A million species are being driven to the verge of extinction by the impact of humans on the planet – LBC
. This is an excerpt from an interview I did for LBC about a United Nations report that has just…
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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…
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A CLIMATE OF TRUST
The core argument of this lecture is that failure of climate change policy represents an existential threat to civilisation that…
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Climate justice and development – The Oxford Forum on International Development
There are three key points I want to make about climate justice and development. The first is that climate change…
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Prosperity, Security, Stability
These are anxious times. Much that we take for granted in the way the world is ordered is in…
Continue ReadingThe Environmental politics of Brexit – Speech at UK Environmental Law Association Conference
Sky News – Discussing Al Gore’s new film on climate change “An Inconvenient Sequel” – 11 Aug 17
Sky news: With me now in the studio is Tom Burke, a former senior adviser to the foreign…
Continue ReadingAl Jazeera – Earth Overshoot Day marks unprecedented environmental damages – 2 Aug 17
Al Jazeera: I am joined now by Tom Burke, he is chairman of the environmental think tank E3G,…
Continue ReadingTrump, the Paris Climate Agreement, and the G20 – BBC News
BBC News: Theresa May has talked about the collective message she hopes will be delivered to Donald Trump…
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