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Ladybird Book on climate change by Prince Charles – Sky News – 22 Jan 17
The duty of a constitutional monarch in Britain is to advise warn and encourage, and that is exactly what he is doing with this book [on climate change]. He is advising us about a problem that we really … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Environment, In the media, International, Interviews, Politics, renewables, Sky News, Sustainability
Tagged America, book, carbon, children, China, climate, climate change, energy, extreme weather, floods, low carbon economy, Prince Charles, Renewables, risk, Trump, warning
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Will flood exercises better prepare us? – Sky News – 12 Sep 16
Sky News: The Environment agency is beginning to prepare for the winter months ahead, they are training with new barriers, pumps, vehicles and drones to test their flood responses. Well, joining me now is … Continue reading
Posted in Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Finance, In the media, Interviews, People, Politics, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged climate, climate change, coastal, communities, community, damage, E3G, emergency, Environment Agency, ethical investment, extreme weather, flood defences, flood plains, flood response, flooding, floods, forests, infrastructure, insurance, investment, rain, risk, rivers, sea level, Tom Burke, water, weather, woods
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See Earth’s Temperature Spiral Toward 2°C
By Andrea Thompson This article was originally published on Climate Central The steady rise of Earth’s temperature as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere and trap more and more heat is sending the planet spiraling closer to the point … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged carbon, climate, Climate Central, climate change, earth, emissions, extreme weather, GHG, global temperature, global warming, greenhouse gases, heats up, temperature, warming, warming trend
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The End of Oil? – BBC World Service – Newshour Extra – 8 Jan16
The drop in oil price is not doing something that a lot of people thought that it would do, when it fell that low, which is to create a big stimulus to … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Conflict, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, European, Finance, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, The Human Cost
Tagged agreement, America, Britain, business, capitalism, car, carbon, cars, cheaper, climate, climate change, conflict, corporations, cost, economic, economy, electric, environment, environmental, Europe, extreme weather, fossil fuel, gas, governments, growth, impact, industry, investment, leadership, low-carbon, market, Merkel, Obama, oil, oil price, Paris, pension, political, public, Renewables, revenue, revenues, risk, security, solar, stability, States, tax, technologies, technology, tension, transition, vehicles, weather, wind
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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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Why are we so bad at responding to floods? – Tom Burke – LBC – 28 Dec 15
LBC: Lets speak to Tom Burke, he’s an environmentalist, and a former government adviser on the environment. Good morning Tom. Do you think that the government was warned about this or not? Tom … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, LBC, People, Radio, The Human Cost
Tagged business, climate, climate change, drought, environment, extreme weather, flood plains, flooded, flooding, floods, government, houses, insurance, rain, risk, river, temperature, warmer, water, weather, wildfires
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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 CAN WE LEARN FROM THE FLOODS?
The question the government really needs to answer is why have we had so many unprecedented events in so short a space of time. A month’s rain fell in a day. This was the third time in … Continue reading
Posted in Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Finance, In the media, People, Politics, The Human Cost
Tagged climate, climate change, costs, Cumbria, defences, extreme weather, flood defences, flood plains, flooding, floods, government, money, rain, rainfall, security, storm, Storm Desmond, threat
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Remarks by Mr Tom Burke CBE at the ‘Climate Change And The Courts’ Seminar – London – 1 December 2015
Remarks by Mr Tom Burke CBE at the ‘Climate Change And The Courts’ Seminar, 70 Kingsway, London on December 1st 2015. I want to thank Ukela for inviting me … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Security, Speeches, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Bank of England, business, carbon, climate, climate change, damage, economy, emissions, energy, energy law, environment, environmental law, evidence, extreme weather, finance, FoE, Friends of the Earth, government, greenhouse gases, health, law, laws, lawyer, legal framework, Mark Carney, Obama, policy, politics, pollution, prosperity, responsibility, risk, security, temperature rise, threat, UNFCCC, welfare
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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
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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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