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Trump confirms that he is pulling America out of the Paris Climate Agreement – Al Jareera
Al Jazeera: With me in the studio is Tom Burke who is Chairman of the climate think tank E3G… In making this decision President Trump has gone against his Secretary of State, his defence Secretary and his National Security … Continue reading
Posted in Al Jazeera, Business, Campaigning, Cities, Climate Change, coal, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, EU, Fake News, Finance, In the media, International, Policy, renewables, Security, Trump
Tagged Al Jazeera, business, China, cities, climate, coal, E3G, energy, G7, India, investment, jobs, markets, mayors, Paris Accord, Paris Agrement, Pars Deal, Renewables, Tom Burke, Trump, US
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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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Historic climate agreement reached at COP21 – BBC News – 12 Dec 15
BBC: The final draft agreement for climate change has been presented to delegates at UN Summit in Paris. It proposes a legally binding agreement to limit global warming to no more than two degrees Celsius. With … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Cities, Climate Change, Conflict, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged banks, batteries, business, carbon, Citibank, cities, climate, climate change, climate summit, coal, conflict, COP21, Copenhagen, Cumbria, deutsche bank, diplomacy, economy, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, energy, finance, fossil fuels, fuels, Goldman Sachs, government, growth, IEA, invest, investment, low-carbon, migration, opportunity, Paris, Renewables, smart, Syria, technology, Tesla
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Can we really fix climate change? – LBC Radio – 07 Dec 15
LBC: Let’s talk first to Tom Burke, environmentalist and former government advisor on the environment. Tom, good evening to you. Tell is about this summit. There are lots of important people there, it’s a big … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, LBC, Oil and Gas, People, Radio, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Amber Rudd, Beijing, bills, business, carbon, China, cities, climate finance, coal, communities, community, COP21, cost, economy, electric cars, electric vehicles, energy, energy efficiency, environment, finance, floods, government, health, India, investment, low-carbon, money, oil, opportunity, Paris, policy, political will, politics, pollution, real economy, renewable energy, Renewables, risk, smog, solar, Summit, sustainable, technology, transition, weather
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Discussing Syria, conflict and climate change on Sky News
Climate Change is a threat multiplier, and when you have an already stressed situation as you had in Syria, and then you add the extra stress caused by climate change, in this case the very prolonged drought … Continue reading
Posted in Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sky News, The Human Cost
Tagged Arab Spring, Assad, carbon, cities, climate, climate change, conflict, COP21, economy, emissions, energy, food, fossil fuel, migration, Paris, politics, population, refugees, risk, security, stress, Syria, threat, threat multiplier, water
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Sky News – Climate change and Obama’s trip to the Arctic
I think giving people a picture of what’s happening now on the planet is really important, and remember what Obama is talking about is what’s happening in Alaska, but it’s also happening in the glaciers in the Himalayas, in … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, European, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sky News
Tagged Alaska, alternative energy, America, authority, carbon, cities, climate change, contradiction, credibility, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, environmentalists, Europe, fossil fuel, glaciers, global warming, green, green policies, green policy, hypocrisy, ice, leadership, low carbon energy, low-carbon, melt, Obama, Paris 2015, president, Prime Minister, Renewables, sea level rise, Shell, Whaling
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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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REMARKS ON CLIMATE AND SECURITY AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL – WASHINGTON DC – JUNE 17TH 2015
This is the address I gave at the Atlantic Council event Climate Security: The Next ‘Battle Ground’? on June 17, 2015 in Washington DC. Security professionals often distinguish … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Cities, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, People, Politics, Speeches, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Atlantic Council, cities, climate, climate change, climate policy, climate security, cost, costs, disruptions, dissent, economic growth, emissions, emissions reduction, EU, Europe, failure, food, fuel, government, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, growth, income, infrastructure, integrity, leadership, Libya, Mediterranean, migrants, national security, opportunity, policy, population, population growth, population rise, populist, power, public, Putin, resource, rising population, risk, security, social stability, States, stress, support, Syria, territorial, territorial integrity, territory, threat, urban, water
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NEGOTIATIONS: Warming’s impact on global security a critical issue for Paris talks, experts say
Here is another report of the panel I spoke on at the Atlantic Council event Climate Security: The Next ‘Battle Ground’? on June 17, 2015 in Washington DC. NEGOTIATIONS: Warming’s impact on global security a critical issue … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged adaptation, aid, Atlantic Council, business, Cambridge Econometrics, carb, carbon budget, cities, clean energy, climate, climate change, climate refugees, Climatewire, disruptions, economic, energy, equilibrium, Europe, France, goals, grid, humanitarian, Hurricane Katrina, instability, low-carbon, migration, military, mobilization, national security, opportunity, political, power, refugees, resource security, resources, Russia, security, shelter, social unrest, States, technology, threat, troops, water
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CHANGING THE GAME – A PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT
E3G is publishing ‘Changing the Game’ a 10 point programme for government that will put the environment to work for the economy. For too long Britain’s environmentalists have asked British Governments to do more for the environment. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, People, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged air pollution, Bank of England, battery, Big 6, bills, borrowing, Britain, business, capacity, carbon tax, cars, cities, climate, climate change, competitive, consequences, consumer, cost, demand, disease, economy, efficiency, efficient, electric vehicles, electricity, emissions, energy, Energy Act, energy bills, environment, Environment Agency, Environmental Audit Committee, environmental community, environmentalists, Europe, European, fairness, family, finance, fuel, fuel poverty, future, gas, Green Investment Act, grid parity, growth, homes, honesty, households, housing, incentives, infrastructure, insurance, investment, jobs, NHS, nuclear, Parliament, pensions, policy, political, pollution, prosperity, protection, public, Renewables, resources, risk, safety, security, smart, solar, stability, strategy, tax, technology, transparent, treasury, turbulent, value, volatility, winter fuel
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