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Tag Archives: ambition
ON THE BREAKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROMISES
There are a great many champions of the environment in Britain. Between them, our environmental bodies have several times the membership of all the political parties in Britain combined. They probably know rather more about the will of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Brexit, Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, EU, Finance, People, Policy, Politics, Public Services, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged air quality, ambition, Brexit, business, climate change, cost, efficiency, environment, environmental law, EU, European Union, flexibility, health, law, London, policy, pollution, protection, regulation, stability, trading, water, Withdrawal Bill
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What Paris means for fossil fuels
As the dust settles after the historic adoption of the Paris 2015 agreement, E3G shares a short blog series exploring what Paris means to different sectors, regions and constituencies. For a long time the fossil fuel industries have … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, Finance, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sustainability
Tagged ambition, Bank of England, business, businesses, carbon, CEOs, clean energy, climate, climate change, climate summit, coal, commercial, commitment, COP21, cost, decarbonising, economic, economy, emissions, energy, energy market, events, experience, extreme weather, finance, financial, Financial Stability Board, fossil fuel, fuel, gas, government, investment, leaders, low-carbon, Mark Carney, media, Obama, oil, oil companies, opportunity, Paris, political, politics, refugees, risk, stability, stranded assets, technology, transport, Unilever, vehicles, weather
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FRAMING THE PARIS END-GAME BY NICK MABEY
Much of the media reporting of the Paris climate change talks in Paris is still characterising the bargain as being between rich and poor countries. This is a lazy and outdated view of what is really happening. This excellent … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, International, Oil and Gas, People
Tagged agreement, alliances, ambition, carbon, China, climate, climate justice, Coalition, costs, democratic, diplomacy, emissions, energy, energy policy, EU, Europe, European, geopolitical, growth, India, investment, Kyoto, LDC, leaders, leadership, media, Modi, Obama, Paris, Paris Agreement, policy, political, politics, poor, public, renewable energy, Renewables, responsibility, rich, South Africa, US, warming, Xi
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Sky News – Discussing COP21 and progress so far
Sky News: Let’s talk to Tom Burke an Environmentalist and former Government advisor. Let’s be blunt. People have been droning on about climate change and global warming for so many years now, but nothing ever gets agreed … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, renewables, Sky News, Sustainability
Tagged agreement, ambition, business, climate change, climate conference, climate science, COP21, electricity, emissions, energy, global warming, growth, jobs, legislation, low-carbon, opportunity, Renewables, revenue, security
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Energy Transition Commission – some considerations
Shell and McKinsey have just launched a global initiative called the Energy Transition Commission. Doubts have been raised about whether the Commission as currently constructed has the integrity to make a positive contribution to the debate on how to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, E3G, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, The Human Cost
Tagged ambition, Brandt Commission, Brundtland Commission, carbon, climate, commercial, confidence, corporations, economy, energy, energy policy, energy transition, Energy Transition Commission, environment, Financial Times, fossil fuel, FT, future, global, governments, integrity, investment, low-carbon, McKinsey, mining, mining industry, mitigation, policy, pollution, public, risk, safe, safeguards, Shell, threat, transition, trust, UNFCCC
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Obama’s climate plan on Sky News – 03/08/15
It is really important that America has now set itself out to lead on climate, and to demonstrate leading by taking action. It has been a laggard, and therefore other countries have been able to hide … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Sky News
Tagged ambition, carbon, clean air policy, climate action, climate change, climate plan, coal, Democrat, EU, Europe, fossil fuel, gas, industry, leadership, legacy, Obama, oil, policy, Renewables, Republican, Sky News, targets, US
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G7 fossil fuel pledge is a diplomatic coup for Germany’s ‘climate chancellor’ – The Guardian
I was quoted extensively in an article in The Guardian by Karl Mathiesen on why the plan outlined by the G7 on Monday to phase out fossil fuels by the end of the century is, for some member countries, not … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, In the media, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sustainability, The Guardian
Tagged ambition, Angela Merkel, carbon, carbon neutral, China, climate, community, decarbonisation, economy, efficiency, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, environment, fossil fuel, fossil fuels, G7, gas, global, Grantham Institute, Greenhouse, heat, infrastructure, investing, investment, Japan, Kyoto Protocol, low-carbon, Merkel, oil, planes, Renewables, Rio Tinto, Shell, The Guardian, transition, treaty, Unilever, US
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Tusk – not as bad for climate as it first appears?
This piece first appeared on the E3G website The appointment of Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, to replace Van Rompuy as President of the European Council has provoked jitters … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Climate Change, E3G, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, Oil and Gas, Politics
Tagged ambition, climate change, climate policy, climate security, coal, Donald Tusk, E3G, efficiency, energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy security, Energy Union, environment, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Council, fossil fuel, gas, Junker, leadership, Merkel, policy, Polish, Putin, Russian gas, spin, Ukraine, Van Rompuy
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