Pubished in The Guardian, on 26 January 2005. This week, Tony Blair has begun climbing the Everest of expectations he has built for himself on climate change. Yesterday, the prime minister breakfasted with Britain’s leading environmentalists. Today, when he speaks to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he will […]
This is neither scepticism nor science – just nonsense
Published in The Guardian, on 23rd October 2004. The self-proclaimed sceptical environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg has been visible on London’s seminar circuit this week promoting his argument that spending money on climate change is wasteful and that the world would be much better off spending it on halting Aids and providing […]
The nature of the game
Published in The Guardian, on 12th November 2003. For many people, the government’s proposal to abolish English Nature (EN) is simply punishment for having done its job too well. As the statutory adviser on biodiversity, it was EN which warned that genetically modified crops might damage the environment. This advice […]