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2016 is set to be the hottest year on record – BBC News – 14 Nov 16
BBC News: Let’s talk to Tom Burke, Chairman of the environment think tank E3G, also a former government advisor on climate change. Thanks for being with us. So, 2016 looks … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, In the media, International, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sustainability
Tagged 2 degrees, America, BBC News, carbon, China, climate, climate change, economy, electric vehicles, emissions, energy, energy revolution, Kyoto, leadership, money, opportunity, Paris Agreement, Renewables, temperature, Trump
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‘Climate, Responsibility and Risk’ – REMARKS BY MR TOM BURKE CBE AT THE ESG INVESTMENT FORUM
REMARKS BY MR TOM BURKE CBE AT THE ESG INVESTMENT FORUM, AMBA HOTEL, CHARING CROSS, OCTOBER 26TH 2016. ‘Climate, Responsibility and Risk’ Thank you for inviting me to speak to … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Conflict, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, EU, Europe, Finance, HFC, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Security, The Human Cost
Tagged 2 degrees, Brexit, carbon, climate, climate change, climate crisis, crisis, economic crisis, economy, energy, Energy Union, environment, ESG, EU, finance, fossil fuel, global economy, HFCs, investment, low-carbon, money, nationalism, policy, Renewables, risk, safe, security, stability, transition, urgency
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Sky News – How significant is it that the US and China have ratified the Climate Deal?
Sky News: Two of the world’s biggest polluters the US and China have ratified the Paris agreement on climate change. The move is being hailed as a major breakthrough, but does it go far enough? Tom Burke is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 degrees, adaptation, carbon, China, clean, climate, climate change, coal, competition, cost, economy, emissions, energy, fossil fuel, fossil Industry, industry, investment, jobs, losers, momentum, obstacles, opportunity, Paris Agreement, policy, politics, pollution, ratify, Renewables, risk, smart, technology, transition, US, winners
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The extraordinary weather that the country is experiencing – Sky News – 19 December 15
Sky News: Well let’s stay with that story about this extraordinary weather that the country is experiencing. We are joined now by Tom Burke, the chairman and founding director of the environmental think tank E3G. Tom thanks very much indeed for … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, In the media, International, Interviews, People, Sky News, The Human Cost
Tagged 2 degrees, Britain, climate, climate change, climate summit, cold, Deniers, desert, drought, dry, El Niño, environment, events, extreme weather, flood, floods, jet stream, Paris, temperature, two degrees, variability, warm, warmer, warming, weather, weather patterns
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What can we expect from COP21? – BBC World Service – Newshour
It’s just under a month before the start of COP21, the Paris climate change conference, at which global powers will try to achieve a universal and legally binding treaty to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 degrees, BBC, BBC News, business, carbon, climate, climate change, COP, COP21, customers, economy, emissions, fossil fuel, GHG, government, greenhouse gas, Newshour, obligation, Paris, polling, promises, Renewables, security, tax, trade, treaty
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REMARKS BY MR TOM BURKE CBE – AT THE WORLD ENERGY COUNCIL ENERGY DAY – BERLIN – OCTOBER 1ST 2015
The speech on Tuesday by Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board is a game changer for climate change. Whatever you thought about the politics or economics of climate … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 degrees, Bank of England, bankers, BOE, Britain, Carbon Tracker, Carbon Tracker Initiative, Carney, climate change, climate policy, economics, economy, finance, financial crisis, Financial Stability Board, fossil fuel, G20, global temperature, government, investment, investor, low-carbon, Mark Carney, Paris, policy, policy makers, politics, prosperity, risk, security, stability, technology, threat, United States
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SPEAKING WITH A FORKED TONGUE
This article first appeared in Business Green . Last month, under pressure from activist investors, Exxon issued a report to their shareholders on climate change. To no-one’s surprise they found that “none of our hydrocarbon assets are now … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Business Green, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, Oil and Gas
Tagged 2 degrees, adaptation, assets, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, China, climate, climate change, climate treaty, economy, emissions, ethical investment, Europe, Exxon, fossil fuel, investment, IPCC, Kyoto Protocol, Lee Raymond, mitigation, risk, shareholders, stranded assets, sustainability, sustainable, two degrees, war
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‘Events, dear boy, events’ have put climate change back on the agenda
This article piece first appeared in The Guardian on Wednesday 26 March 2014 The decline of climate change on leaders’ agendas has been reversed – not by new analysis, but two years of extreme weather … Continue reading
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MAKERS AND TAKERS
This article first appeared in Business Green. The public discourse on climate policy is asymmetric. It has been dominated by the climate makers. These are the fossil fuel industries and their customers. This has led to … Continue reading
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