Written for publication in May 2011. ‘ by their fruits ye shall know them’ Matthew 7.20 In politics, the fog of war is replaced by the miasmas of spin and the murk of tabloid trash. It takes a patient eye and a strong stomach to see a little […]
Climate Risk
Understanding Wicks: a handy guide
Written for publication in January 2006. On January 23rd. the Guardian ran a long interview with Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks. This is a handy guide to the interpretation of his remarks. The Minster believes ‘there are virtually no practical obstacles to a new generation of nuclear power stations being built’ […]
Costing the climate
Written for publication in July 2005. To their considerable surprise, British journalists at Gleneagles were approached by members of the US delegation wishing to comment on a recent report by the House of Lords Committee on Economic Affairs. This report, ‘The Economics of Climate Change’ was published to little notice […]
Emissions Trading
Brent Spar – Ten Years After
Life after death
Written for publication in June 2001. Climate change has much in common as an issue with nuclear disarmament and trade liberalisation. All three issues go to the heart of the prospects for human well being; all combine ferocious technical complexity with the capacity to arouse deep political passions: all require […]