A thing to bear in mind is that climate change is like diabetes. It is a progressive disease if you don’t do something about it, it goes on getting worse. So the later you start doing something about the problem, the worse the eventual outcome will be for you.
Discussing the impact of climate change protests – BBC Radio London
What is really significant is what the protests have already accomplished, they have changed the conversation. There is no question about the significance of what they have accomplished by bringing attention to this issue. I think that we have not understood the urgency of the climate problem, and how serious […]
Do you think you know the truth about Climate Change? – LBC
Remarks By Tom Burke at The Prospect Trade Union Energy Summit
More than two-thirds of Defra staff moved to Brexit-related roles
. Staff redeployed as ex-government adviser says Brexit is bad for environment . More than two-thirds of all staff employed directly by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are working on delivering Brexit, according to official figures released by the government. The response to a freedom of […]
Speaking at the UN Economic Commission for Europe meeting on Sustainable Development Goals
. On 22 March, I spoke at the United Nation’s Economic Commission for Europe’s meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals in Geneva, Switzerland. ‘ Thank you for the invitation to share our experience on financing disaster risk reduction in relation to climate change. E3G is a European climate change think […]