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Do we have the kind of commitment that we need to fight climate change? – Al Jazeera

On September 24, 2020December 12, 2020 By admin

Climate Change is a bit like the virus. If we don’t do enough about it now, we will have to do an awful lot more later, and it will be much more painful. The announcement from China is good, as is the recent announcement from the European Commission, that they […]

Why the EU’s electricity market design proposal actually matters

On April 21, 2016 By admin

By Simon Skillings | E3G This piece was originally published by EurActiv The European Commission’s vision of an Energy Union with citizens at its core, where consumers take ownership of the energy transition, is to be applauded but needs to be followed up with genuine policy change, […]

WHAT’S IN A WORD 3

On September 13, 2015September 14, 2015 By admin

John Hutton is Chairman of the Nuclear Industries Association. On August 24th he told the Radio 4 Today audience that “The nuclear programme is going to be built without any state funding at all”. Sitting next to him in the studio I nearly fell off my […]

Tusk – not as bad for climate as it first appears?

On September 4, 2014September 4, 2014 By admin

This piece first appeared on the E3G website The appointment of Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, to replace Van Rompuy as President of the European Council has provoked jitters within Europe’s environment community. No-one would ever have described Poland […]

Cities lead the energy transition

On May 1, 2014 By admin

This article first appeared in Revolve Magazine on April 29, 2014 The message at Energy Cities’ annual rendez-vous was clear: cities are the interface with citizens and by default (since cities are growing exponentially around the world) they are the mandatory motors of innovative change to realize the urban energy […]

It can’t be easy being George Monbiot

On December 9, 2013 By admin

By Jonathon Porritt 5th December 2013 This article first appeared in Jonathon Porritt’s blog and in The Ecologist The Letter referred to in this article is the one that Jonathon Porritt, Tony Juniper, Charles Secrett and I wrote to David Cameron, highlighting the key economic and political issues with pursuing a pro-nuclear […]