Published in The Telegraph, on 3rd May 2007. Tony Blair may be almost gone, but his shadow will continue to fall across Gordon Brown’s path. This is particularly true when it comes to climate change. Blair’s global climate leadership is an enduring hallmark of his reign. He saw the issue […]
Governing the Green
Published in The House Magazine, in March 2006. ‘Governance’ is a rather fashionable word these days but it is less clear what people mean when they use it. The financial pages of the newspapers are laden with references to the importance of corporate governance. Googling ‘governance’ gives you access to […]
The Nuclear Debate
Performance and value
Published in Environmental Finance, in October 2005. A constellation of factors have led to environmental and social performance becoming an increasingly important factor in shaping a company’s value. This places the issue of how to assess that performance much higher on the corporate agenda. The first of those factors is […]
Energy and Climate Change – Fuelling the Future
Published in The World Today, the magazine published by The Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House. It appeared in the September 2005 issue (Volume 61, Number 10). Energy security and climate security are two issues that will dominate global politics in the 21st Century. The tragic fate of […]
The politics of climate change
Published in the Fabian Society’s Autumn 2005: Party Futures. Climate change is not like any of the other problems that politicians must solve as we move this first, and potentially most crucial, century of the fourth millennium. Throughout history, humanity has relied on succeeding generations to correct the mistakes of […]
Coal, not nuclear, is the new black
Published in Inside Track, the quarterly magazine of Green Alliance, Issue 11, Summer 2005. You could have beeen forgiven for thinking that nuclear power was back in fashion. After the general election a barrage of headlines, column inches and sound bites heralded the return of nuclear power as an option […]
Whither green?
Published in the House Magazine, published in May 2005. What ever happened to the environment? This question has puzzled commentators and environmentalists alike since the election. It certainly had no significance as an issue. There was a brief burst of media attention on the Green Party but it quickly faded. […]
Strong institutions are vital to make the transition to sustainable development
Climate Change: a new arena for global governance
Published in the Montrose Journal, Spring 2005 Issue. The climate is more sensitive to human interference and climate change a threat that is more imminent, more dangerous, and developing faster than we previously thought. This is the grim message from a recent scientific gathering. It took place in Exeter as […]