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Are extreme weather events becoming the norm? Tom Burke – Sky News – 30 Dec 15
Sky News: Now let’s return to the floods now and find out what is causing all of this? Let’s talk to environmentalist and former government adviser Tom Burke, who is in central London, Good morning to you. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, People, Politics, Security, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Britain, business, carbon, carbon emissions, cities, climate, Climate Change Committee, COP21, deforestation, drought, emissions, environment, Environment Agency, events, extreme events, finance, flood, flood defences, flood plains, floods, government, homes, impact, insurance, MET office, Paris, risk, rivers, Sky News, Summit, trees, weather, wildfires
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Even if the global warming scare were a hoax, we would still need it – The Telegraph
This article was first published in The Telegraph China is the low-carbon superpower and will be the ultimate enforcer of the COP21 climate deal in Paris By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Chinese scientists have published two alarming … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, Finance, International, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, renewables, Security, The Telegraph
Tagged Antarctic, Arctic, Beijing, carbon, carbon budget, carbon emissions, China, Chinese, climate, climate deal, climate sceptics, CO2, coal, coastal, Communist Party, COP21, decarbonisation, economics, economy, electricity, emissions, emissions trading, energy, Europe, finance, fossil Industry, funds, gas, glaciers, global warming, Goldman Sachs, GoldWind, growth, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, infrastructure, investment, Japan, LED, low-carbon, Mekong, melt, natural gas, nuclear, oil, onshore wind, Paris, permafrost, President Xi, recession, renewable energy, Renewables, Russian gas, security, Shanghai, solar, technology, The Telegraph, Tibetan, US, vehicles, warming, water, wind, Yangtze, Yellow River
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COP21: Paris climate deal ‘more likely’ after terror attacks
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News, Paris Nearly 150 global leaders are gathering in Paris amid tight security for a critical UN climate meeting. The conference, known as COP21, starts on Monday and will try … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged border, carbon, carbon emissions, climate, climate change, conflict, COP21, Copenhagen, E3G, electricity, emissions, fossil fuel, leaders, Obama, Paris, risk, risk threat, security, terrorism, threat, troops, UN
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Blue Sky Thinking – BBC Radio 5 Live
I think that government has got far too centralised, it started under Thatcher, was taken further forward by Labour, and the level of centralisation has now really got quite ridiculous. I would want to push … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, People, Politics, Radio, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged accountability, authority, bills, Britain, buildings, business, carbon, carbon emissions, cities, city, climate, community, compet, competitiveness, decentralisation, electricity, emissions, energy, energy system, finance, free market, fuel poverty, government, growth, home, ideas, industry, insulate, insulation, politicians, power, regulatory framework, Renewables, safe, safety, tax
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Revealed: BP’s close ties with the UK government – The Guardian
I was quoted extensively in a piece The Guardian wrote on the extent of BP’s influence on government policy and how their intimate relationship is at odds with UK commitments to reduce carbon emissions. “About 1.5% of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Sustainability, The Guardian
Tagged Bill Gates, bills, BP, British, business, carbon, carbon emissions, climate, climate change, DECC, Department of Energy and Climate Change, divest, drilling, E3G, economy, emissions, energy, energy security, EU, exploration, Foreign Office, fossil fuel, freedom of information, gas, government, Guardian, Gulf, health, investment, John Ashton, Keep it in the ground, oil, pension, profit, public health, Rio Tinto, sanctions, shares, Shell, treasury, Unilever, Wellcome Trust, Whitehall
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SQUARING THE CIRCLES
This piece was first published by the Energy and Carbon Blog Amber Rudd’s appointment as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate has been welcomed by environmentalists. This is partly out of relief. There was a real risk … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, DECC, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Politics
Tagged Amber Rudd, bills, budget, carbon emissions, Chancellor, clean energy, Climate Act, climate change, Climate Change Comittee, Coalition, community, cuts, DECC, democracy, electricity, electricity bills, energy, Energy Act, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy security, environmentalists, Eric Pickles, farmland, fracking, fuel poverty, gas, Green Deal, homes, impact, infrastructure, insulate, investment, investors, jobs, MP, NHS, onshore wind, Parliament, Prime Minister, public, Renewables, revolution, risk, roof top solar, security, shale gas, solar, subsidies, subsidy, tax, Thatcherite, Tory, Whitehall, wholesale gas price, wind farms
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US and China emissions agreement – BBC World Service – 12 November 2014
Here is an interview I did recently for the BBC World Service discussing why the emissions agreement between the US and China is so important. “This is really important because the … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, International, Interviews, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Politics, Radio, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged carbon, carbon emissions, carbon neutral, China, climate, climate change, climate sceptics, development, economics, economy, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, growth, investment, investments, investors, politics, prosperity, renewable energy, Renewables, sceptics, technology, US
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‘IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID’
When the debate on the Fourth Carbon Budget began in Whitehall in 2012 the Treasury had a clear view. No. Meeting its requirements would be too damaging to Britain’s economy. … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Climate Change, E3G, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Politics, The Human Cost
Tagged Britain, British, budget, Cambridge Econometrics, carbon, carbon budget, carbon emissions, conservative, decarbonisation, economic, economists, economy, emissions, employment, energy, energy security, families, GDP, IPCC, jobs, oil, policy, tax, treasury, UKIP, wealth, Whitehall, WWF
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NO-ONE HOME
This piece first appeared in BusinessGreen There is no-one at home in Britain’s political parties. Increasingly they are empty shells with ever fewer members. On a good day less than 400,000 people belong to all our political … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business Green, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged activism, Britain, business, carbon, carbon emissions, Charles Landry, cities, citizens, city, climate, climate change, climate policy, CO2, communities, cost, creative, creative cities, creative city, creativity, customers, damages, development, Earth Summit, economic growth, economy, efficiency, emissions, environment, environmental, Fragile City, governments, green, growth, investment, leadership, MPs, National Trust, policy, political parties, political party, politics, population, poverty, Renewables, resources, risk, Risk Nexus, RSPB, spin, sustainable, sustainable cities, sustainibility, taxes, The Fragile City, Transition Towns, unions, voters, wealth
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