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The politics of the carbon price

On October 26, 2008April 4, 2012 By admin

Published in the International Financing Review, in September 2008. Accurately assessing carbon price risk as climate policy evolves will require a profound understanding of the interaction between policy and politics and the unique nature of the challenge this poses to policy makers. Many factors will shape the development of carbon […]

The furture will not be nuclear

On September 28, 2008March 13, 2012 By admin

Published in Prospect Magazine, Issue 150, on 28th September 2008. The government is pinning its hopes on a nuclear renaissance to meet Britain’s climate change goals. Planning procedures are being eased and hidden subsidies offered. But the policy is based on a misunderstanding of nuclear power’s lousy economics, and will […]

British Treasury’s irresponsible position on carbon credits

On May 15, 2008April 11, 2012 By admin

Comment, published in The House Magazine, in May 2008. We are nearly out of time to avoid dangerous climate change and protect the prosperity and security of every single person in Britain. Doing so means making the global energy system carbon neutral within forty years. This requires transformational change in […]

Economics freezes nuclear frisson

On April 17, 2008March 13, 2012 By admin

‘View from the top’, published in Research Europe, April 2008. During last month’s state visit to Britain by French President Nicolas Sarkozy an entente formidable was proudly declared. One of the strongest ligatures in this new entente is to be close cooperation to make Europe the leader in a global drive […]

Crunch time for carbon

On April 1, 2008March 27, 2012 By admin

Published in The Parliamentary Monitor, April 2008.

Tom Burke: ‘We are challenged by a democratic dilemma’

On February 2, 2008March 26, 2012 By admin

Published on SustainAbility, on 2nd February 2008 This is a great theme that is massively under discussed. At its highest level we are challenged by a democratic dilemma. To tackle the suite of issues surrounding a transition to sustainable development we must agree and adopt public policies governing many aspects […]

Too chic to meter? France’s relationship with nuclear power

On January 28, 2008March 13, 2012 By admin

Published in The House Magazine 39, on 28th January 2008. ‘Why can’t we be more like the French?’ is not a cry often heard from British politicians. But such is the capacity of nuclear power to confuse otherwise rational people, that this plea has been heard a lot of late […]

On hanging together

On December 1, 2007March 13, 2012 By admin

Published on IIED, in Dec 2007. Last year Kofi Annan warned of the growing gap between what scientists say is necessary to avoid dangerous climate change and what politicians are willing to do. Since then concern among climate scientists has grown as our knowledge of the impacts of a rapidly […]

Carbon markets are not the answer

On September 15, 2007March 27, 2012 By admin

Published in the Liberal Democrat Autumn 2007 Federal Conference Agenda and Directory, 15th- 20th September 2007. We face a shared dilemma. All of us need to secure reliable access to energy for our economies to grow. Without that growth we cannot maintain social cohesion and political stability. For China, India […]

accidents and achievements: the Conservative environmental record

On May 17, 2007March 13, 2012 By admin

Published in Green Alliance publication A greener shade of blue? Reflections on new Conservative approaches to the environment. Published on 17th May 2007. Finding myself working for a Conservative government was one of the more unexpected turns in the thirty five years I have spent as an environmentalist. This was […]