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Tag Archives: climate summit
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 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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What were the key factors in getting a deal in Paris? – BBC News – 13 Dec 15
BBC: With us now is Tom Burke who is Chairman of the Environmental Think Tank E3G, and a former government advisor on climate change. Tom thanks very much for coming in. What were your first thoughts when … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables
Tagged business, climate, climate change, climate diplomacy, climate summit, COP21, cost, deal, diplomacy, economy, energy, ethical investment, finance, French, gas, investment, investors, Paris, political, renewable energy, Renewables, utilities
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COP21 agreement makes it makes it really clear that we are at a turning point – BBC News – 12 Dec 15
BBC: Tom Burke you have advised the British government on climate change for lots of difficult decisions, balancing both the needs of industry and the effect on ordinary people. What do you … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Oil and Gas, renewables
Tagged carbon, China, climate, climate change, climate summit, Copenhagen, diplomacy, economy, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, G7, investment, low-carbon, Renewables
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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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Should we be optimistic about COP21? – BBC Business Live – 30 Nov 15
BBC: I’m joined by Tom Burke former UK government advisor on climate change, now Chairman of the environmental Think Tank E3G, which is Third Generation Environmentalism. So there has been … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Cities, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged batteries, business, climate change, climate conference, climate summit, companies, consistency, COP21, cost, E3G, economy, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, fossil fuel, growth, investment, low-carbon, opportunity, Paris, policy, Renewables, risk, threat, Unilever
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PARIS – WHAT REALLY MATTERS?
Today Paris will again be the focus of world attention. 150 world leaders, including Presidents Obama, Xi, and Putin, Chancellor Merkel and Indian Premier Modi will be there. They will attend the most important meeting on … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged agreement, agriculture, business, carbon, climate summit, competitive, COP21, Copenhagen, cost, damage, economy, electriciy, energy, events, extreme weather extreme weather events, finance, foosil fuel, gas, investment, markets, Merkel, Modi, Obama, opportunity, Paris, pollution, Putin, renewable energy, Renewables, retail, risk, safety, security, solar, tourism, wind, Xi
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What can we expect from COP21 – BBC World Service
BBC: Tom Burke has joined me in the studio. He is the chairman of the environmental think tank E3G. Tom Burke, what was it that went wrong in Copenhagen because for … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Politics, Radio, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged BBC, climate, climate change, climate science, climate summit, COP21, Copenhagen, economy, energy, finance, investment, investors, leaders, low-carbon, news, politics, renewable energy, Renewables, risk, security
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COP21 Paris climate summit: Climate change is much more than an environmental problem – it threatens our financial stability
This piece first appeared in CityAM “Climate change is seen as much more than just another environmental problem” Next week Paris will again be the focus of world attention. This time in the face of another … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Bank of England, bankers, banks, carcon, climate, climate change, climate conference, climate summit, COP21, damage, economy, electricty, emissions, environmental, events, extreme weather, finance, financial stability, floods, hurricanes, insurance, low carbon economy, Mark Carney, Merkel, Obama, Paris, pollution, Renewables, security, solar, stability, temperature rise, threat, wildfires, world leaders
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THE FOSSIL FUEL PARADOX
This blog was first published by BusinessGreen A debate over the real value of investment in fossil fuels has raged all summer. September’s climate summit in New York brought it into … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Business Green, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, International, Oil and Gas, Sustainability
Tagged Anthony Hobley, brands, business, capex, carbon, carbon neutral, Carbon Tracker, Carbon Tracker Initiative, climate, climate makers, climate policy, climate summit, climate takers, climate treaty, community, consumer, E3G, economies, economy, energy, extreme weather, Exxon, floods, food, fossil fuel, fuel, global warming, growth, IEA, International Energy Agency, investment, low carbon economy, Nestle, oil, paradox, policy, population, risk, security, Shell, SME, stranded assets, transition, treasury, Unilever, urban, water, weather, World Bank
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