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Sky News – Discussing Al Gore’s new film on climate change “An Inconvenient Sequel” – 11 Aug 17
Sky news: With me now in the studio is Tom Burke, a former senior adviser to the foreign secretary’s special representative on climate change, and now the chairman of third generation environmentalism, which encourages sustainable development. First of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Conflict, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Migration, Oil and Gas, People, Policy, Poverty, renewables, Security, Sky News, Sustainability, Trump
Tagged Al Gore, beinconvenient, business, carbon, cities, climate, climate change, climate impacts, climate risk, conflict, crops, decarbonisation, decarbonise, economy, efficiency, energy, energy efficiency, Exxon, food, G20, Inconvenient Sequel, oil, Paris Agreement, policy, politics, Renewables, security, shareholders, Sky News, States, technology, Trump, water, White House
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Britain’s first 24 hours without coal for 135 years – Sky News
It was a real birthday present for the earth yesterday that we saw the first day in 135 years when Britain wasn’t producing any electricity from coal. I think that is a pretty remarkable day, and it … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, coal, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, Interviews, Policy, Sky News
Tagged Britain, carbon, climate, coal, decarbonisation, economy, electricity, emissions, health, jobs, low-carbon, NHS, Renewables, Sky News, smart meter, Trump
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Within the EU, Britain can take the lead on tackling climate change
This piece first appeared in The Guardian Letter from John Gummer, Chris Huhne, Adair Turner, Craig Bennett, Tom Burke, Amy Cameron, Michael Jacobs, John Sauven, Matthew Spencer, James Thornton and Crispin Tickell Britain … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, Security, Sustainability, The Guardian
Tagged Bremain, Brexit, Britain, carbon, climate, climate change, decarbonisation, decarbonise, economy, emissions, energy, EU, Europe, European Union, floods, influence, lead, leadership, policy, power, Remain, security, The Guardian, threat, UK
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OF OIL AND STONES
This blog first appeared in Business Green Sheikh Yamani, a former Saudi oil minister, is famous for having pointed out that the stone … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Business Green, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, International, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Politics, Security
Tagged BP, business, coal, commodities, consumers, COP21, decarbonisation, decarbonise, disruption, economy, efficiency, energy, Exxon, fossil fuel, future, gas, hydro, IEA, industries, International Energy Agency, investment, nuclear, oil, policy investors, Renewables, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, security, Sheikh Yamani, Shell, Telegraph, transport, Yamani
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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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SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE
This piece first appeared in Business Green. Environmentalists have long been vulnerable to their own passions. At times this can make us sound shrill and self-righteous. On other occasions it can blind us to political traps. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business Green, Campaigning, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged agriculture, America, bills, business model, carbon, carbon neutral, carbon price, carbon pricing, Christiana Figueres, climate, climate change, Clinton, consumer, decarbonisation, deforestation, dogma, economy, emissions, energy policy, environmentalists, Europe, Financial Times, investment, leadership, low-carbon, Obama, oil, oil industry, policy, political, pollution, Renewables, risk, tax, taxes, technology, threat, trap, UNFCCC, weather, weather events, zero carbon
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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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APRES MOI LE DELUGE
Louis XV’s mordant phrase aptly captures the legacy of the Coalition government’s electricity policy. The new government, whatever its composition, will inherit a policy that achieved a rare feat. It … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Nuclear, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged bills, Britain, business, climate, Coalition, consumers, customers, decarbonisation, DECC, demand, EDF, electricity, Electricity Act, energy, energy policy, Europe, European, European Law, finance, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, investment, nuclear, policy, Renewables, tax, threat, treasury, wages, wholesale
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OF NIGHTMARES AND PARROTS
This piece was first published in BusinessGreen Let me introduce you to the mysterious world of triads. This is not, however, an article about the exotic world of Hong Kong’s ill-famed criminal gangs. This is about … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, In the media, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged air pollution, bills, Britain, business, coal, consumer, cost, decarbonisation, decarbonise, demand, Demand Side Balancing Reserve, DSBR, economy, efficiency, efficient, electricity, electricity bills, emergency, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy security, Financial Times, FT, gas, health, media, National Grid, nightmare, nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear reactor, nuclear reactors, pollution, power, profits, renewable energy, Renewables, security, solar, supply, Tanya Pawley, triads, UK, wind, winter
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